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This is Fox Sports Radios Countdown to Kickoff, presented by
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Brian no h year, NFL veteran Jeff Schwartz at sports
handicapper from crackwins dot Com Bill crack Krackenberger.

Speaker 1 (00:48):
Oh, good morning, welcome in here, Week six of the NFL.
Can it be already? It's crazy? We already got football
going on. Jacksonville ahead three nothing at the end of
the first quarter against the Bears in London. We'll get
to all that good stuff, but first, our guy, Jeff
Schwartz smiling from ear to ear where Ducks geared today

(01:11):
after they beat Ohio State last night. Did you keep
it classy with the celebration, Jeff, You didn't spit on
anyone while celebrating last night?

Speaker 3 (01:20):
Right?

Speaker 4 (01:20):
Yeah? That he should be suspended. I was actually spit
on by USC player two thousand and seven. We beat
USC that year. It's it's nasty work, man. I hope
it should be embarrassed me. Come on, so look, good
morning guys. I've been under the weather all week. I've
had this terrible cough. I'm going a cough er in
the show today. I'm sorry, I can't breathe. It is
what it is. I have a mute buttons. Do you

(01:41):
hear me disappear for a second. It's because I'm having
a coughing fit. I'll tell you what, man, This summed
up the end of the game last night for me.
So I'm sitting on my couch. What is eleven o'clock
at night? Everyone's sleeping, and I'm waiting to like tweet
out why can't our kicker ever make a kick? Everyone
else makes kiss against us? Because like that's what everyone does,
like our game a kick and all the times we

(02:02):
go down and kick the game winning kick, and then
of course the past in afference happens, which I guess
was the right call. Smith is just bigger. I don't
know if that was the right call. Is just bigger
individual than her corner and Will Howard he runs out
that laugh you just heard from me. I FaceTime my
buddy who's an Organ fan, and we laugh like that
for three minutes, just three minutes straight, three minutes straight

(02:24):
of just pure laughter. Because you have to understand, it's
hard to explain to people that are younger that have
known Organ football as what it is today, it's not
always what it has been. You know this. Brian Krack
doesn't pay attention like we do. He's looking, he's probably
betting right now, and Purdue plus thirty and a half
on Friday night. He gets old good, which I would

(02:46):
absolutely do. By the way, we're gonna have to turn
around and play at Purdue on Friday night, just a
terrible We're gonna win that game by three freaking points.
It's a terrible spot. And UH like to get to
that point where not only in Ohio State, it's really good.
I want to make this very clear, Brian. They're a
good football team. They have pros all in every single position.

(03:09):
To a physically compete in a game like that, it
is hugely important. Because we did. We outplayed them. Think
about all the points we left on the field, plus
the ridiculous note review on the first drive, which I
can't I still can't believe they didn't review it. The
Ohio State guy even at the minimum, Brian, he didn't
catch the ball, like that should have been a review
from the minimum of like the guy who thought caught

(03:30):
the ball did not catch the ball. Let's review that play.
And we still won. We have not won these games.
We've always lost these games. And we won these games.
And so it's awesome, man. And look, do I think
we're winning a championship now?

Speaker 3 (03:44):
No?

Speaker 4 (03:45):
Come on, Like it's it's a hard process, but we
can compete with the big boys now because Ohio State,
by the way, is not losing again until they maybe
play us, and we're not losing again. I don't say,
maybe produce this weekend until until we play them, until
we play them again in indianapol Us. So yeah, man,
all all the emotions the other thing too, just personally. Look,

(04:07):
social media is not real life. I get that. But
the amount of things I heard from Ohio Date fans
this week about like Austin, that's not very loud. We
we play boys that have more fans. And then all
the tweets from ohiose date fans last night. We're like
a loudest places that ever been in my life. So
I just love it for our program man, for our school.
I guess you were talking about NFL today. I guess.

Speaker 3 (04:29):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (04:30):
And the funniest thing is is I last Monday, when
I looked at the lines for college football this week,
I text the buddy of mindset, I like too many.
I like too many numbers, which is never good. You
don't want to excuse me, you don't want to like
a lot. I feel like if you like a lot,
that's not good. And they all lost. I had the
worst night. I'm down many units from last night. Oh no,

(04:51):
do not care.

Speaker 1 (04:52):
Doesn't care, do not care.

Speaker 4 (04:54):
I've had a good one said so far, so I'm
probably even about right now. Look I do my spreadsheet,
do not care. I did hit Notre Dame though least
I had Notre Dame over Stanford, So what a night.
I didn't even watch an LSU game. I guess they
won an overtime.

Speaker 1 (05:10):
That was really good.

Speaker 4 (05:11):
Yeah. I went to bed when Colorado was down twenty
one to seven, and somehow they covered that's I can't
just state minus three and a half. I thought number
was too low. I thought that was the game. And no,
no Travis Hunter, no Jimmy Horn. The last thing I
want to end on with before we get to those.
I keep seeing tweets like this after those weekends. How
can you watch the NFL over college football?

Speaker 3 (05:33):
Hotly?

Speaker 4 (05:34):
They're different sports. They're different sports, right one, We're watching
the NFL right now, Okay, the NFL is very uniform, right,
you know what to expect. It's high level football, even
though you might not like the quarterback who's playing a game,
but it's high level football. It's X and o's, it's hitting,
it's a lot of the old football nerdy stuff involved.
College football is randomness, weird. It's a lot of blowouts.

(05:57):
But then you get a game like last night. But again,
think about all the things that just mentioned it happened
in that game. You don't get that NFL game. So
the NFL's uniform. We know what we're getting, we know
the product that we're going to get, and it's high
level and crack. I like both. But the think about
oh college, well, how do you do not like college football?
How do you watch the NFL over this? I don't know.
I'm fine watching the.

Speaker 3 (06:17):
NFL Monday morning, nine to forty five my time, I
text you guys. A friend of mine in town here.
I usually don't text his plays over, but I actually
liked a couple of the totals, so I sent you
guys utep Western Kentucky over text. It doesn't matter the games.
What matters is that Oregon game was in there, so

(06:38):
the Oregon and I was like, oh man, I'm gonna
send this to the group chat and I know it's
gonna happen here Jeff, because I can't. I can't do
it this week. I can't Oregon plus four. But I
also said, bet MGM has four and a half. Bet
MGM was the only four and a half I knew
at that day. So I sent that over and Jeff

(06:58):
sends me back about I guess he was, I don't know,
a couple of minutes, all right, well it's only three
minutes later.

Speaker 4 (07:04):
Oh with Texas is now.

Speaker 3 (07:05):
Forty nine and a half, like that was his response,
but reading because my response back where you had a
full three minutes. It's amazing the difference now for probably
five years ago, I've been doing this twenty twenty seven,
twenty eight years, like getting the main number so crazy,
but you know, I still have to make sure you guys. Know, guys,
if I'm gonna give you something, it's probably gonna move

(07:26):
in another And then I was fine.

Speaker 4 (07:28):
I just I was on the radio and I couldn't get.

Speaker 3 (07:30):
And that was the end of my conversation here. But
I don't think about this. Brian and Chef have other
media commitments. They're not just on Countdown the Kickoff on
the weekends. It's Monday. I know they're doing other things.
I'm like, oh god, So.

Speaker 4 (07:45):
This depends on the medium of radio, like we yes,
we have the zoom up and we do, you know,
put out social media clips from this. But like if
I my head is down, look at your text message,
I can do that. The radio was doing their day
is like video. Like I can't just like look at
my phone. Oh crack, text me stop, guys, let me
look at.

Speaker 3 (08:03):
So I think I think in pre season, you know.

Speaker 4 (08:06):
I was, I was, I was doing football. I do,
I mean I do them. I just uh, yeah, I don't.

Speaker 3 (08:12):
I don't.

Speaker 4 (08:12):
I think I hit the Texas Oklahoma one.

Speaker 3 (08:14):
And the only reason I'm asking and the only reason
I bring this up. I usually don't bring that up
like something for Monday morning. But I still don't know.
Did you bet or oh? It's it's tough. It's tough
to pull the trick. I don't want.

Speaker 4 (08:26):
I don't. It's sound tough for me not to wage
if I just have a flat no wager on my
team lest.

Speaker 3 (08:30):
There a favorite.

Speaker 4 (08:31):
That's my thing. I don't the idea of organ losing,
but being like, well, at least I want my bet.
It's like terrible. I want them to win. I don't
care how much and I want and again like I
the thing I do don't understand is rooting for a
team like let's say Oregon was favored by five points
and I took Ohio State plus five. That to me
is odd because then I'm rooting for my team to

(08:53):
win but only by four points, which is the silliest
thing of all time to me, right, Like, that's that's
just so silly. What, well, don't score that touchdown just
like just fumble out of bounds. It's like what what
no room for your team to scorse many points as
possible at all times? So sure, I don't do that,
all right, it's my personal I know people disagree with

(09:14):
me. There are people that emotional.

Speaker 3 (09:15):
I get it.

Speaker 4 (09:16):
I get the people that don't do I can't do it. Brian,
I know.

Speaker 3 (09:19):
I love your love your T shirt today. By the way,
I love that that old pool Green teacher. Brian. What
do you got on there? Red? I can't see the bottom?
What is that?

Speaker 1 (09:26):
Saint Louis Cardinal Acts. Okay, today's My dad was born
in Alton, Illinois, just outside of Saint Louis, so he
kind of passed down the thing to me.

Speaker 3 (09:35):
Oh yeah, okay, cool.

Speaker 4 (09:36):
Yeah, Brian. Brian has some interesting fandom. We've talked about this.
It's Dolphins, Cardinals. Who's your NBA team?

Speaker 1 (09:41):
Bowls Bowls for the longest time?

Speaker 4 (09:43):
Wow?

Speaker 3 (09:44):
Yeah, And Brian, where did you get the Dolphins in
the family.

Speaker 1 (09:47):
It doesn't make any sense. That's the only one that
doesn't make any sense. Everything else does. Because I'm from
South Bend, Indiana. Chicago wasn't far away. That makes geographical sense.
Like I told you, my dad was Plus Lewis and
they were really good.

Speaker 4 (09:59):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (09:59):
That also helps. Michael Jordan the Goat, you know, it
makes makes sense. Notre Dame of don't give me that, Jeff,
Don't start with the Notre Dame. It's my hometown makes
all the sense in the world. Yeah, sure, it's the Dolphins.
Like ever since I can remember, I love the Dolphins,
and it's very far away, makes no sense where I
grew up, but that was always my squad still is,

(10:22):
even though they don't have a quarterback. You know, we think, yeah, well,
at least they have an off week. That's good because
I even if they win like fifteen to ten like
last week, that's still it's a rough watch, man. It's
it's just grinding things out right now.

Speaker 4 (10:38):
It does a weird game for me because I have
Dolphins alternate win totals and then I have the Patriots
to have the fewest wims the NFL, so you really
don't get any victory in that one. I just decided
that I think I have more money than the Dolphins
win totals. I was rooting for the Patriots. That's like
the fun part about having future wagers is you know,
you like you're watching games for many different reasons. So

(11:00):
by have money in Jacksonville today, by the way, So.

Speaker 1 (11:02):
He went with jackson Man A lot of steam, A
lot of steam Jacksonville.

Speaker 4 (11:08):
I have Jags plus one and a half. Yeah, well,
I guess I get's not from I can't do that
for crack challenge off find something else.

Speaker 3 (11:14):
But the uh Jacksonville was kind of a wise guy
side here in Vegas. It's on every one of my
My My cards and the contest that we have here
around town. So h I'll probably flick that on the
background here before we get onto the NFL. Last thing
for me about the college football recap. I know you
guys were watching this game. Of course to the end,

(11:35):
I too was holding the Oregon ticket. Let me ask
you guys, are you guys a little surprised that the
last play wasn't reviewed to see if there was one
second lift.

Speaker 1 (11:42):
Or no it was.

Speaker 4 (11:47):
There's here's why it's not a it's not a it's
not a dead ball, right, so he slides and then
the slide has to stop, and then you have to
call time out like it's it's one of the clock
is not so like it's not a first down where
you you slide, then the clock stops because it's the first down.
He was in bounds short of the first down marker,
so the clock just runs right. There's no like stoppage

(12:08):
of time. So by the time that you declare someone
down then call the time out. There's the times over,
the game is over.

Speaker 3 (12:14):
If that makes I'm just saying some bad things I
would do with all these new advance supposedly advanced reviews,
and the NFL is really the best example. I mean
the Kansas City game. It was Kansas City last week.
Someone punted to someone and they reviewed it to see
if they if it hit his hand.

Speaker 4 (12:30):
It looked like a touchdown football. Yeah, it was bad, right.

Speaker 3 (12:36):
It was just like, what's the purpose of having these
reviews if they're not even going to get them right?
That shocked me so.

Speaker 4 (12:42):
Well, well, they didn't review the interception earlier in the game,
so I mean, I thought that was very clear. I
thought he was clearly right Brian. The time it was
out it had.

Speaker 1 (12:50):
Run out with Will Howard. Yes, yeah, And I was
happy to see that too, guys, because sometimes they rely
on replay to a fault where it's like check and
it was obvious the time ran Now Jeff was laughing
with his friend for three minutes straight, right, It was so.

Speaker 4 (13:06):
Also to a crack also to procedurally if they had ohist,
they had a timeout I think, but they stopped that
play to review it. Then they have to do a
ten second run off, but then they would have to
then get you know, they have to burn their time out.
Like it was. I think it was very clear. The
thing the thing that's fun. I'll tell you what does
the play before? Did you see what Dan Lanning did

(13:29):
Oregan's coach. I'm not sure it was on purpose, but
I think it kind of was that twelve guys in
the field, right, And I think he did on purpose
because he ran the twelfth gun on late. And the
idea is it was third and twenty five and there
were ten seconds left if you don't allow completion, which
they did not. Now they threw to the other side
of the CONTI was off the clock. Yeah, Now they

(13:50):
threw the side the twelfth guy wasn't on. But there
was a safety over top of Jeremiah Smith, which you
can do if you have a twelfth guy on the
other side of the field.

Speaker 3 (13:58):
Right.

Speaker 4 (13:58):
And this is the old Buddy thing. Buddy Ryan invented
this basically they called the Polish defense. Now he put
fifteen guys in the field, not twelve. If you do
it more than once, I think it's sports to alike conduct.
If you do it one time, he very clearly did it.
And the last thing and this is why I think. Look,
I know Landing leaves points on the board. I don't

(14:19):
care be aggressive. Ted Johnson was open. That's fine with me.
The little things that Dan Lanning's thirty eight guys, he
is a young coach. I'm thirty eight two. I think yes,
And like the on side kick the broadcast for some
reason to pretend that was like a miracle that was
completely planned. He hit that ball as hard as he

(14:40):
could right at that Ohio State kid. So like these
little moments in the game I thought were so fun.
I thought Landing did a great job preparing his team
for those moments. And you should be rewarded for me aggressive.
In my opinion, I'm always gonna be that way.

Speaker 1 (14:53):
You see that every now and then where you will
intentionally break the rules. It reminded me of of what
Super Bowl forty seven. It was the Ravens and the Niners.
Ravens had a late lead and they were gonna punt
the football and they intentionally just grabbed everybody like intentional
holding right as the punters running around in the end zone,

(15:14):
just wasting time. So you will see that it reminds
me of John Madden. Remember John all the time. You
remember this crack where he's like, that's the old four
four four defense. He said that every time there were
twelve men on the field, we always think of Madden.

Speaker 4 (15:28):
Brian the player you mentioned the Ravens holding, we're taught that.
So the any game situations like on fourth downs there's
seven seconds left and we don't want to punt the ball,
we basically call a rollout and a hail Mary. Just
Mahomes did this in the Super Bowl, the first one
they won against against the forty nine ers, and you're
taught just grab this hold because the holding you can't

(15:49):
end in an offensive penalty. I mean the game was over
on an offensive penalty, right, So if there's no time left,
that's it. Like ball games over. They can't knowing about it.
So we were That was a player that's were taught
behold and the Ravens are a good job. Super Bowl
that one.

Speaker 1 (16:03):
Too, that's right. Yeah, And it was a whole thing
where it was like if you intentionally do this, there
could be ramifications, but yeah, yeah, you can like intentionally
break the rules because you don't care if you get
a penalty. Or not, it still serves your best interest.
So it's interesting about landing. I bet they did do
that on purpose. All right, we're off and running. As
you can tell. We've got Bill Krackenberger, sports handicapper catchm

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They're set up close to midfield here, so we'll keep
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All right, let's do this, follow the money, real good money.
All right. We would like to welcome in our good friend,
Christian Cipolini, BETMGM Trading Manager. Good morning to you, Christian.
You know I was thinking of the ideal outcome, so
for you, ideal outcome might be being in Italy right
now on vacation again, right, But the ideal outcome for BETMGM,

(18:29):
if you could give us a game or a two
a result that would be best for the book, what
would you say it would be today?

Speaker 5 (18:36):
Yeah, there's a few on here. Usually I'll stick with
the bigger spread games. I think one of those is
going to be the Browns against the Eagles. I'm not
so sure we'll get the outcome we'll want, but Brown's
covering or Brown's winning would be really good. And also
I think tonight will be a big one as well
with the Giants. I can't imagine we haven't taken many
bets on him to start, and I don't imagine that's
happened as we get closer to the game time, so primetime

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games are always big. The Giants can end up covering
that three and a half would be really nice.

Speaker 4 (19:03):
Whyan's favored in Dallas. It does feel like you guys
might need Dallas in this one, which is kind of
a rarity I feel like for Cowboys games.

Speaker 5 (19:11):
Yeah, we've had that. This is a few times this
season where we've needed the Cowboys, which, as you as
you're alluding to that almost never happens with us. Cowboy
are usually one of the most beat on geams, but
this year the Darlings are alliance we've had that's on
them every single week. They're usually a team that we're
not rooting for. So just the way it follows this week,
and especially the fact of the Cowboys are underdogs, it's
going to be seen.

Speaker 3 (19:32):
The will need Good morning, Christian, Bill Krachenberger. Let me
ask you this Jacksonville Chicago game that's going on right now.
Last week you said you got about double the action
of a regular game because it's so early in the
morning six thirty am start out here in Vegas. But
are you finding more live wagering as people wake up here?
We are an hour later seven thirty, ten thirty on

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the east. So will you find even second half wagering,
second half live wagering? Well, you think find a lot
more live wagering on that game than you would, you know, say,
a regular you know, Tampa Bay, New Orleans or Cleveland
Philadelphia game. Yeah, certainly.

Speaker 5 (20:09):
Well, because there's a lot of as you're mentioning, six
thirty of the morning start on the West coast, and
then there's plenty of people that just wake up late,
kind of forget the game is on. They see it
a couple of minutes in and go, oh shoot, okay,
time to go Bett. So we'll see a little bit
more live action than we will maybe as much on
like a Sunday night game where you know, there's people
are starting to go to bed at halftime. If it's

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the does.

Speaker 3 (20:29):
Things like that.

Speaker 5 (20:30):
So it's a bit of a reverse here, gotcha.

Speaker 1 (20:33):
How about the Monday night game Tomorrow night Christian the
Bills and the Jets. Of course, Robert Sala, the former
Jets coach, he gets fired, they switch play callers. What's
the handle and what's the betting looked like through the
week with that news with the Jets going on there.

Speaker 5 (20:49):
Yeah, this is this is one we're seeing. So far.
People have taken the Bills, they've been taking them on
the spread, and if people went the Jets are taking
them on the money line. By the end of this,
I think we're gonna end up with a lot more
Bills money than Jets. That's an interesting spot for the
book because if we end up in the middle where
the Builds win by one or two points, we'd be
pretty happy. Yeah, a lot of times with the head
coach firing can be pretty mixed. Like we saw the

(21:11):
Antonio Pierce, we started to getting a lot more Raiders
bet on the public side when he came in. I
don't know if we'll see it as much from this side,
but you know, we still got a day to go.

Speaker 4 (21:22):
Another game. I'm curious about because I really like the
Ravens my six and a half. I feel like that
you guys are telling us what the result of this
game is going to be with this number, considering how
hot the Commanders have been. Where is the money and
tickets been for this one? Because I feel like every
public person I know is going to be on the
Commanders in this one.

Speaker 5 (21:41):
Yeah, yeah, you're exactly right there. More of the sharp
action has been on the Ravens. But we know if
we go to seven that will turn right back, right
back around and will take nothing but Commander's money. I mean,
so far, we're already taking Commander's money. This is gonna
be a very rare situation where we have a six
and a half point favorite. Where were rooting for the
favorite in this one? Because already about eighty percent of

(22:04):
our money line bets has been on the Commanders and
people like them at that price point just to win
out right, And certainly I think as we get closer
and closer at one o'clock, I think it's going to
be more and more Commander's money is they're becoming a
very popular team amongst betters.

Speaker 3 (22:19):
With Jadeen Daniels, Hey, going back to this Sunday in
that game, was pretty surprised you to say that you
had all Cincinnati To hear you say you had all
Cincinnati money, I'm looking at the Giants past four games.
They kept within a field goal of the Commanders. They
beat the Browns in Cleveland, that that's not really saying much.
They covered versus the Cowboys with losing by five, and

(22:40):
then if they go into Seattle their biggest game of
the year and beat Seattle twenty nine to twenty eight.
So surprisingly though the team they're playing, Cincinnati hasn't hasn't
really done well, especially at the beginning of this year,
knocking a lot of people out of survivor pools nationwide.
But yet you say you're only getting Cincinnati action. That
that almost surprises me. Giants a home home underdog here

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with three and a half. Is that that's the way
it's been going all week. It's all it's been all
Cincinnati money. Giants are just not getting any respect.

Speaker 5 (23:13):
Yeah. I think probably a lot of it has to
do with no neighbors. I think if he was playing,
I think we'd see a lot more coming on the
Giant side. But I'd say the line happens to be
more towards your point. I think we would see a
much bigger uh spread towards the Bengals, even though they
are one and four, if there wasn't to the fact
that the Giants a couple of bounces is going a

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different way. This could be a four and one team
as opposed to a two and three team. So, like
you said, they've been in games, and I think that
line shows it giving them a little bit more respect
than I think we would have, especially the fact that
they're pretty banged up without single fairy or neighbors.

Speaker 3 (23:49):
Gotcha all right?

Speaker 1 (23:50):
Christian, Well, hey man, always appreciate your time and have
a fun day. We'll catch you.

Speaker 3 (23:54):
Soon, man, Good luck to everybody.

Speaker 1 (23:57):
Thank you you two. That's Christian Zippolini bet MG Trading manager. Okay,
so uh Caleb Williams terrible interception?

Speaker 4 (24:05):
Hey can I can I can I make an important
point right now. Just very important, guys. So last week
we had a match between the Bartender and the Voice
and it did not work. The Brown's all blown out.
We have another match, but I actually love this game.
They both had the Commanders. I love the Ravens all week.
I'm so happy that we have a match. Also, every

(24:28):
game that I like this week, the two of them
are on the other side, So I feel like it's
gonna be a very good NFL Sunday. I have the Broncos.
We'll talk about I have the Broncos. I have the
Raiders as gross as that can be. Got they I
love it so much. It's the best. Oh, let's go.

Speaker 1 (24:43):
It just makes me think of like a social media
or like a dating app, where it's like it's a match.
It's just the Bartender and it's the Voice, and they
just agree on a side, and that's where you want.

Speaker 3 (24:54):
To It's hard to do because the Bartender only puts
out two plays that we know.

Speaker 4 (24:57):
Maybe yeah, but the Bartender is seven to two the
last weeks.

Speaker 3 (25:00):
That's what I've seen that I've seen.

Speaker 4 (25:02):
This is the week night. Last night I parlayed all
three of the ones against the Bartender just said it's
it's they're doue for oh to three week, they're due
for it. So hoping that we hit it works out
well for us.

Speaker 1 (25:13):
You know, it's always got the Bears. Yeah, what's that crack?

Speaker 3 (25:17):
No, he's got the Bears. He made a comment, he
said in quote and quotation marks. And by the way, guys,
for anyone to know this, this is at chicken X dinner,
is there is the feed on twitter, Bears will blow
them out. So and then right away I see an interception.
Why after I read the tweet.

Speaker 1 (25:32):
So, yes, that was a terrible throw by Caleb Williams. Uh,
just late with it through a deep ball to DJ
more easy interception right there. But Jacksonville they can't move
the ball. They got a punt right before halftime. JAG's offense,
they're so goofy man like. They got it Evan Ingram
back and you could see them with some juice early
on first drive. Gave Davis drops what would have been

(25:55):
an easy touchdown catch. And they have three points right
now right before. They're just not on track. Okay, So
we go from Christian Zippolini to Isaac loewencron I Low
who was very high brow, right, I feel like London,
right Brown, I low is high brow as well in
a good way. He's got the latest. What's going on?
I low?

Speaker 6 (26:15):
I just got done with a spot of tea, go
and then and then after the American football match, I'll
be off to Heron's and then two God, I'm running
out of British landmarks the Kenja's Palace hotel. And that's
all I know, ladies and gentlemen. All we know right
now is that we have three away romantic in the

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second quarter in London, and the Chicago Bears holding a
seven to three lead over the Jacksonville Jaguars, who got
on the board at first on a thirty yard field
goal by Cam Little, but then four minutes into the
second quarter it was kis Met for Comet orbit motion
with Keenan Allen as the snap to Canada picks and
left pixure.

Speaker 1 (26:54):
Right down the middle of the field.

Speaker 3 (26:56):
Comets got it out the.

Speaker 6 (26:57):
Tenth brit and tacking of the five ruffles into.

Speaker 3 (26:59):
The end an angry run from Cocomet touchdown touchdown Bears
all right, Emily six to three.

Speaker 6 (27:08):
Jeff Joniac with a call on WMVP, but there was
more because before that, the Chicago Bears long snapper Scott
Daily was ruled out for the rest of the game.
So moments after hauling in that thirty one yard touchdown reception,
Cole Comet served as the backup long snapper for the

(27:29):
extra point, snapped it back perfectly. Cairo Santos made the
kick so again with three zero eight left to play
in the second quarter in London, it's seven to three
Chicago over Jacksonville. College football Saturday Night, Number three Oregon
prevailed over second ranked Ohio State thirty two to thirty one.
Oregon's Atticus Sappington the game about a nineteen yard field

(27:50):
goal with one forty seven to play. A ranked Tennessee
over Florida in overtime twenty three to seventeen. Number thirteen
LSU beat ninth ranked Ole misson overtime twenty nine twenty six.
Seventeenth ranked Boise State winning at Hawaii twenty eight to
seven as Boise State running back Ashton Genty ran for
two hundred and seventeen yards on thirty one carries. It

(28:11):
was Genty's third two hundred yard Russian game of the season.
Fellas off to enjoy some crumpets blood pudding. Not blood pudding,
but the rest of the English breakfast back to you.

Speaker 1 (28:24):
There you go, very nice. It is Fox Sports Radios
Countdown to Kickoff, presented by BEDMGM. Let's dive into.

Speaker 3 (28:31):
This in game bete.

Speaker 1 (28:36):
All right, so we're looking for in game opportunities right London,
game going on, bears up seven to three, about three
minutes to go, right before halftime. If you're looking across
for any value whatever props side total, we'll start with
you crack anything you see value in right now.

Speaker 3 (28:55):
Well, I mean, we'll just have last week, I did
well on the spot here. I just have to stick
with the under here like I did last week. I'd
have to go under in this game. It's thirty five
and a half minus a dollar fifteen. I'd have to
stick with that right now if I'm looking for it,
and you know, but don't be forcing any bets just
because the game's on TV. Had a funny feeling when

(29:16):
I asked Christian, I knew people would be getting up
and rising and shining and oh my god, I gotta
bet something. But yeah, maybe a little under the little
peanut bet on the under.

Speaker 1 (29:27):
H Yeah, not gonna be like a high flying offensive day.
It doesn't look like it. And yeah, just ten total
points right now, you, Jeff, anything you like props? Maybe
a zide in this game.

Speaker 4 (29:41):
No, I'm looking for maybe like other other you know options.
Of course, Killer Williams that runs for a thousand yards.
I knew betting on the Jags was dumb. I did. Anyways,
We're just not a good football team. I don't even
Bears are very good either. Jacksonville's just not. I don't
know why Doug Pearson's gonna it canned after.

Speaker 1 (30:00):
This game, all right, I don't know.

Speaker 4 (30:03):
They're just not good. Twenty four. We have not, guys,
the three of us have not had a gripe session
about last weekend. By the way, I'm still very angry.
At three point fifty pm Eastern last weekend, I was
three and one. By four pm Eastern, I was one
and three. That was it was. It was bad. It
was where the NFL sticks betting than the NFL. It was.

(30:26):
I had Jacksonville minus three, they were up fourteen with
five minutes left. I had the Bengals plus two and
a half. They're up ten with like four minutes left.

Speaker 1 (30:35):
I had both of those teams and then I.

Speaker 4 (30:36):
Had Houston, who ended up winning, but they were up
ten with like five minutes left too, and I needed
a fifty nine yard field goal to win that game.
And then I had Pittsburgh on the night cap, who
just decided not play defense on the final drive. Been
great all night, couldn't do it.

Speaker 3 (30:51):
Oh boy, all those games came down the last minute.
Oh my god. There RAI so many with.

Speaker 4 (30:56):
The NFL though, right, so I think I ended up
going what I probably was one four in the Crack Challenge.

Speaker 1 (31:01):
Both were The Crack Challenge was just it.

Speaker 4 (31:03):
Was, and today is gonna be interesting because I have
Cleveland plus nine and a half. It's now eight and
a half. I just had to do it. It's so gross.
I have all gross numbers this weekend, but there's so many.
There's so many gross so I think for live wagering.
Here's a couple thoughts I had. If Lions Cowboys starts slow,

(31:24):
maybe a live over will be possible. I think a
lot of points do good score in that game. That's
one where I look at And the other one is tonight.
If the Bengals score first in the night game, their
defense is bad. If I get the Giants over a touchdown,
so it's three and a half. Right. Now, Let's say
this the Bengals score fast seven to nothing and I

(31:44):
can get seven seven and a half crack. I would
think the Giants plus seven and a half, I can
get it at this game tonight. So that that was
a couple I'm looking at as far as you know,
eyeing and seeing what I can do if the Commanders
score early. By the way, getting a better number of
the Ravens would be something I would I would look
at you or already invest in the Ravens are probably
not if you don't have a number yet in that game,
you can invest in them that way. So yeah, I don't.

Speaker 3 (32:09):
I don't.

Speaker 4 (32:09):
That's kind of where I'm sitting here with a little
live wager inaction.

Speaker 3 (32:13):
Yeah, I am betting bet MGM. By the way, on
that Baltimore game. It's the best line. There's no six
and a half's anywhere if they have minus six and
a half minus fifteen, So I am strict bet against
people here.

Speaker 4 (32:25):
Okay, I have a question for you guys. How much
time we go? But I know we have a like
a minute? Yeah sure, well, maybe I'll save it for
another song. But then the idea of what a number
looks like six and a half. You're like, wow, the
number of baby should be four, like three, like you
think in your head it should be something different, and
it's much different. I tend to bet on the much
different because that's they're telling me, like they're telling us

(32:46):
that it's has The commanders are the Baltimore's number one
power rankings for maybe chiefs are I don't know, but
numb one or two with power rankings for a reason,
and this is a bad matchup for the commanders.

Speaker 3 (32:57):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (32:57):
No, it tells you a lot some of those. And
every now and then I'm like, uh, okay, I either
just accept it or I I go the opposite way
where I'm like that just I don't agree with that line.
I didn't agree and I could be wrong about this,
but I didn't agree with all of the steam on Jacksonville.
I just didn't understand it.

Speaker 3 (33:17):
Where you said us a text like that, you said,
what is it? What's going on here?

Speaker 4 (33:20):
I don't think the Bears are that good.

Speaker 1 (33:23):
That's hey, you might be right about so yeah.

Speaker 4 (33:26):
Really bad. I mean they're twenty seventh in DVOA right now.
I'm looking I mean there's a bad football team.

Speaker 1 (33:30):
They're the other one and four.

Speaker 4 (33:31):
I mean, I know you can and you can make
the case maybe, well they're one to four, but they
should have done this, should have done that. What's the
famous Parcels line. You are what your record is.

Speaker 1 (33:38):
That's right, you know what your record is.

Speaker 4 (33:40):
I mean, people want to talk about the Chiefs. Oh
they're five and oh, but they've done they're.

Speaker 3 (33:43):
Five and oh.

Speaker 1 (33:44):
That's right.

Speaker 4 (33:45):
You know how you know how important it is just
to win the football game, and you have to do
you know, so sometimes it takes your team effort to
win a ball game. And Jacksonville doesn't have that right now.
They don't have a team effort to win these games.
And you a lot of times teams we saw this
last weekend, how many teams sort of played to lose

(34:05):
the Bengals, the Bills, they lost, right, Like, so many
teams lose games more than win games, if that makes sense,
and you know, it just it just that's that's what
teams do. And so there's a skill in actually winning
the football game. And the Chiefs continue to win the
football game, even when it's not as pretty as it
used to be. Twelve straight wins, scoring twenty seven points

(34:28):
or less does the NFL record for them.

Speaker 1 (34:30):
For the Chiefs, that's really good, man. It just shows
the strength of their defense. And Spags, like spec Nolo
has done a tremendous job. Is their defensive coordinator.

Speaker 4 (34:39):
Is he gonna be the first assistant coach in the
Hall of Fame? I don't know what we are. I
don't even know if he should be. Yeah. Absolutely, He's
won four Super Bowls, one of the most Super Bowls
and assistant coach well as a coordinator. There's other coaches
that have won like their dB coaches won five. He
was with the Giants for two and the Chiefs for three.
But like the idea of like an assistant coach is
a contributor in the Hall of Fame, I think it's

(34:59):
not hurt.

Speaker 1 (35:00):
Right, Well, it's a little bit like Belichick. He always
gets credit for that Super Bowl win with the Giants
over the Bills, right the twenty to nineteen game. But Spags,
that's arguably the most famous upset outside of the Jets
beating the Colts right in Super Bowl three, is the
Giants beating the Patriots, the undefeated Patriots in forty two.
That's SPACs, right, So yeah, he's tremendous. All right, We've

(35:23):
got Bill Krackenberger from crackwins dot com. Sports handicapper Jeff Schwartz,
eight year NFL veteran, battling the elements here. You know,
what do you got going on over there? Jeff?

Speaker 4 (35:33):
It's like it's just a cold that's turned out from
like a no longer stick to just progressively trying to
cough up the bukius out of my mines. My wife
took her step the scope last night and said, I
don't have pneumonia, So like we're crossed off the go.
It's just a matter of getting through the next couple
of days. I'm just gonna cough. I mean, it's amen,
you're on the Met's we're battling through it. Okay, that's right,

(35:55):
battling through it. We're wagering at sports or watching sports.
We're talking about sports.

Speaker 1 (35:58):
Brian, that's right, We're getting through. It's all good. I'm Brian.

Speaker 3 (36:01):
No.

Speaker 1 (36:02):
Coming up next, the parlay platter. We each have one pick.
We pull everything together for a greater payout. We'll compare notes.
Coming up next, it is Fox Sports Radios countdown to kickoff.
Presented by BETMGM. It is Fox Sports Radios Countdown to
Kickoff presented by BETMGM. Every time you make a wager
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(36:22):
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Speaker 2 (36:34):
This, check this out with parlay latter.

Speaker 1 (36:39):
All right, we each have one selection. We group everything
together for a greater payout crack. We'll start with you, man,
what do you like today?

Speaker 3 (36:47):
I hate to steal that because one of you guys
may have this. I guess I gotta stick with Baltimore
because it's the bet against these match of MUSHes here
BETMGM minus six and a half minus fifteen ball more.

Speaker 4 (37:00):
That's fine. I was gonna I was gonna take Baltimore,
but I was gonna the parlay. I was gonna make
it like two and a half. I mean, why not, right,
I meanuse you can mess around with some numbers on
a parlay a little bit. Oh no, no, not problem.
One of the one I like is Broncos plus three.
I don't get this number. I'm not gonna be I'll
be quite honest. The Chargers are coming off of buye sure,

(37:23):
but Herbert, I think it's healthy. Maybe their tackles are healthy.
I don't know the number. Thirty five and a half.
It's a terribly low number. Give me the home divisional team.
Who's Broncos are three and two. They're not too much
like they're playing decent football right now, really good defense.
Give me Broncos plus three.

Speaker 1 (37:43):
Uh, I'm gonna look at the Monday night game tomorrow night.
I just think it's gonna be hard for the Bills
to score points. So one of the plays is their
team total. I'm gonna take under twenty one and a half.
They've got their wide receivers that are banged up. It's
a bad matchup against the Jets and Darry. Where did
we lose Brian?

Speaker 3 (38:02):
Did we lose Brian? I think we lost I lost Brian,
all right? But well we know we know what he's
on though. We got his third part of the parlor.

Speaker 4 (38:10):
What do you say, crack, I lost. I don't know
I heard his part. What do you say about for
the parlay?

Speaker 3 (38:14):
Yeah? So he says he had the under team total.
I believe the under on the team total for the
Buffalo Bills. I believe that's what he said.

Speaker 4 (38:24):
I heard, So we have under team total Buffalo Bills.
I think it was twenty was twenty one and a half.
And then I heard him TI twenty one and a half.
They played the Jets tomorrow night. Interesting, you know with
the coach fining, we could talk about that in a second.
We have the Ravens minus three and a half and
then I put in the Broncos plus three. There uh
to do our a little a little parlay there. I
bet these each week, crack. I put my money where

(38:46):
our mouth is, all right, I like taking these each week.
It's fine man, you know a couples and I don't
advise always taking parlays. Sure when we do one together
because you know, what we're doing ends up being being
being good for us.

Speaker 3 (38:58):
And it can't believe the second half like just so
much money coming in again on Jacksonville, Oh.

Speaker 4 (39:06):
You are what your record says? It is fourteen three
right now at halftime in London, Trevor Lawrence is n
nine to twelve for eighty two yards. Jackson will can't
stop him rushing and looks like he can't stop he
CA's up bursting rushing. Kile Williams twelve or fifteen so
far you have.

Speaker 3 (39:24):
Like fifty six rushing yards.

Speaker 4 (39:26):
Looks he looks fantastic. You are what your record says, Brian,
We're gonna have a three and oh parlay platter.

Speaker 3 (39:34):
Bryan, you gave us, you gave us under on the
team total on Buffalo.

Speaker 1 (39:37):
Right, Yeah, I went under on Buffalo under twenty one
and a half.

Speaker 4 (39:42):
There we go, got it in, Brian.

Speaker 1 (39:44):
Good all right, very nice.

Speaker 3 (39:46):
Good deal, good deal. I was really talking about the halftimeline.
Now Low opened up minus three Jacksonville minus three quickly
went to three and a half. Now it's three and
a half minus. Juice boy, I can't get behind this.

Speaker 1 (39:58):
Yeah wow, crazy line movement. Will dive back into that
Ballso we'll get to one of the marquee matchups of
the entire Week six slate that is on the way.
Welcome in here, Happy Week six to you as where
at halftime bears ahead fourteen to three against Jacksonville. I

(40:19):
love the interview Steve Weisch did with Doug Peterson, Jack's
head coach, Right, before halftime, and Doug's like, eh, yeah,
you know, it's just it's not pretty kind of gotta
keep fighting. I think he knows he's a dead man
walking right now. He has didn't know bad.

Speaker 4 (40:33):
So does he do you think he gets like when
he gets fired today? Does he have to fly back
commercially himself? Because they stay they're staying all right, they
play the Patriots I believe next weekend, and like, yeah, right,
that's so does he stay there or does he have to?

Speaker 3 (40:46):
They may put him on one of those cargo ships.

Speaker 4 (40:50):
The slow boat slow boats. It's like put him in
a containers. I see it in a little bit like
like exactly, you'll you'll, you'll, you'll. That's cracked the because
there's the older movie like a like a trading place
is just put them in the Missippi container, set them
off with the monkey, yeah or the gorilla they had there.
I uh yeah, Look, Jacksonville has the ball right now.

(41:15):
They're coming out of the half. Okay. By the way,
I love NFL halftime to college halftime. Oh it's just
it's five it's five minutes shorter. It's so crisp. There's
in and out that you just you just go right,
you just go. So if they score here, makes it
fourteen to ten. Yeah, it's a ball game. Yeah, so
we'll see what adjustment say they've made. But if they don't, then, uh,

(41:40):
you know, I maybe this game is probably done. But
Jacksonville does play close games. They're also tend to be
a little bit weird, So we'll see what happens here.
The dynamic kickoff did not look very dynamic there.

Speaker 3 (41:50):
But you know, it's amazing how far Jeff is ahead
of me. So it just makes me think about the
Live Way dream because my guys haven't even cut kick
the ball yet on my screen.

Speaker 4 (42:02):
So you are you on?

Speaker 3 (42:03):
Are you?

Speaker 4 (42:03):
Are you watching Internet TV? Are you watching like wire TV?

Speaker 3 (42:07):
No, I'm watching t I who knows it's it's Cox
cable on. I don't know. Ye on Internet? No, it's
not like YouTube TV. Yeah yeah yeah no, But but
you think about this, guys. If I'm wagering live, I
just kicked the ball off. That's twenty seconds from you.
Now there's a ten to fifteen second another delay from

(42:27):
what you're seeing. This is scary to be able to
bet something a minute old if you're betting live. That's
why I'm going to recommend it. It's bet Dorn commercials only.

Speaker 1 (42:38):
This is just quickly and it's a nice play. Evan
Ingram with a big game and then coughed it.

Speaker 4 (42:44):
Up immediate fum. Yeah, and he's not even arguing like
you guys are way ahead of me like this is
it's just they're I mean, it just proved my point immediately,
immediate funcle.

Speaker 3 (42:54):
That's yeah, it's funny.

Speaker 1 (42:55):
You just first set away from scrimmage. That's crazy, man,
and they're already down eleven. That's clearly out man. That's
a fun w Wow. The peanut punch, you know, Jesus
Bears are good at that.

Speaker 3 (43:06):
TJ.

Speaker 1 (43:07):
Edwards, good job by him. Okay, how about this one
of the Marquee matchups. Guys have touched on it a
little bit, but the Washington Commanders four and one against
the Ravens. Ravens are at three and two. One of
the interesting stats in this game, so we know about
Lamar Jackson when he faces an NFC team, He's done
that twenty two times in his career. He is twenty

(43:28):
one and one straight up, but against the spread only
eleven and eleven, So I found that to be pretty interesting.
Big spread today obviously Ravens favored by six and a half,
and a lot of this is we're looking at the
Commander's defense. Not good at all. No, but how good
is the Ravens defense right now is the question? Because

(43:49):
Washington they're leading the league league scoring thirty three points
per game, and the Ravens they're giving up twenty five
points per game. So I don't know if this is
more of a reputation thing with the raven defense, but
it's not good right now.

Speaker 4 (44:02):
I think that's a couple of things. One is that
the Commanders look at look at who they play. They
played murderers Row so far right, the Giant they lost
the Bucks in the one game they played against a
good team Bean the Giants by three, the Bengals by five.
So the Giants have what two wins? Bengals have one,
Cardinals have one win? No two. Now they'd be the Niners, right,

(44:23):
But they beat the Cardinals who are terrible on defense,
and the Browns that are lifeless. This is by far
the best team they're going to play and through through
like that, and I think that there is when you
have when you play someone like this, when you're a
young football team, you get a little bit full of
yourselves as rightfully. So this is the emotions right of
the game. Like you and you have a game where

(44:45):
you run up against a freight train like the Ravens,
and it just doesn't go well. And it doesn't. It's
not an indictment on the Commanders. They don't play well today.
But I think this number is just telling you that
even a four to one Commanders team this play good
football is not even in the same realm as the
Ravens right now, which is true. I think, I think so,

(45:08):
and so that's why I'm on the Ravens. I what
it surprised you this game was, like you look up
if it's forty two twenty seven. I don't, I don't.
I don't think so. I think the Ravens have that capability.
The problem is that the Ravens just you know, they
they're their fourth quarters are interesting, and they're gonna have

(45:29):
to build a big lead, I think, to to get
that spot. But like Jacksonville, and a third down allows
that third down completion and then two guys hit each
other and they're both down now. So it has been
that the game is going for them. I mean, he
wager on the Jags.

Speaker 3 (45:44):
Wow, what a Yeah, I've.

Speaker 4 (45:46):
Not a bad I've had a bad two weeks. It
is what it is, and that's what that's what wagering is.

Speaker 1 (45:49):
It seems like the Jags and the Browns are you know,
it's that Spider Man mememore.

Speaker 3 (45:54):
I have a teaser and I can't even that doesn't
it doesn't even look good.

Speaker 4 (45:58):
Brown I took the Browns today because that number was
just nine nine and a half.

Speaker 1 (46:03):
Ton of points, yeah.

Speaker 3 (46:05):
Ton of points. So this Washington Baltimore, guys, Uh, this
matchup turned out to be unbelievable. Even Christian said, this
is probably one of the biggest matchups of the week,
getting money on both ways on the sportsbooks. Washington had
surprised everyone, jumping out to a form one start with,
I don't know to be call him a rookie sensation.
I guess maybe Daniels. I mean, he won the Heisman

(46:27):
last year, but no one expected him to be this good.
I mean this fast. Listen, he I guess he's this
year's Chris Stroud taking the league by storm. Really, Daniels
goes up against someone he's watched and learned from today
probably his whole life Lamar Jackson. These these are two
top rushing teams in the NFL right now, and both
their quarterbacks are dual threats. The Ravens have allowed a

(46:49):
ton of explosive plays early in the season too, though,
so they'll helpe to minimize those today on defense. This
should be a good one. We'll see if these commanders
are worthy of their form and one record. You know what,
it's the NFL. Like Jeff said, I think he said
forty two to twenty seven. Nothing what surprised me. It
could be forty two to twenty seven the other way.
I mean, there's nothing that surprised me in the NFL.
Like I say, every year, anything canon will happen. But

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I think this is the game where listen, I just
sent you guys the ticket. I bet a couple of
grant on Baltimore, just bet on just based on the
two MUSHes on Washington. And that's Joe Public too. Just
like Christian said, they have had almost nothing but Washington money.
So this is a This is a is worthy of

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a couple couple thousand dollars play from me. I'm Baltimore today,
how about this?

Speaker 1 (47:39):
Because hey, you guys, I understand what you're saying for sure,
and maybe if you don't want to go Commanders plus
six and a half, you could attack it a different way.
Look at their team total. It almost seems too good
to be true to me. So Washington's team total is
at twenty two and a half. Like, do you see
them not scoring twenty three points today? It seems as

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squares can be, it's just too good to be true.
But it's like Jadeen Daniels in this offense has been exceptional.
Are they not scoring twenty three points against this Ravens defense?
With what we've seen from them?

Speaker 4 (48:13):
Hm, it does feel very square though, Like it feels
again it feels this game feels too easy. Yeah, like
it's it's too Yeah, of course it's too easy. Of course,
of course there's a short score a bunch of but
of course this game should be close. Of course this
and that it doesn't actually work that way. Sometimes that's

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my sort of hopefully geez, I mean all these underdogs
are keep covering.

Speaker 3 (48:38):
I don't know, man, I like, I'm gonna like this
market points, the secondary market of team total. I really
like I don't look at that market probably enough. One
of my buddies Buddy Warry, he looks at secondary market
on this a lot. He looks at team totals, so
something I really don't look at a lot. I noticed
it was also a play you made in the parley platter,

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So yeah, very interesting, And like Jeff says, it does
sound that way, but you know it, you know, it
does show me that you know twenty three that they're
expecting a lot of points in this game, as we
can see in the total, and I'm expecting a lot
of points. I actually may even throw a put this
in for a total later on over I'm just deciding

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whether first half a game. But all right, I like
that secondary.

Speaker 1 (49:25):
Market, Yeah, because that's the thing is, I don't doubt
that Baltimore is going to score on Washington's defense, and
so you could have a high scoring game. Ravens could
put up a lot of points and Washington could very
well be in chase mode. But when you just start
looking at what Washington's done, I hate how a square
this feels. It could not feel more square. But ask

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yourself when you look at all this Washington's offense most
points in the league right now, They've scored on sixty
three percent of their drives. That's the best in the league.
They're converting the most on third and fourth down. We're
talking fifty seven percent. That's the best in the NFL.
And the Ravens defense does not look close to what
it's been. They don't have Mike McDonald there anymore. I

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think that's made a difference. They've got some injuries. Marlon Humphrey,
I'm not sure he even goes today. I just don't
know that the Ravens can keep Jayden Daniels in Washington
under twenty three points. That's gonna be tough for them
to do. I'm not saying they can't, but it's not
gonna be easy.

Speaker 4 (50:27):
Uh yeah, I mean that again. It it feels likely
to happen. Other By the way, other two other team
totals I like today, when you're talking about team totals,
I like the Lions to score over twenty seven a
half points. And then I also like the Packers over
twenty six and a half against Arizona at home today.

Speaker 1 (50:42):
Okay, yeah, so those.

Speaker 4 (50:43):
Are two team totals. I don't I'll tell you this
personal experience. I team total unders seem like they're hard
to hit. I don't know there's always like some weirdness
that happens in these ones where you take like a
team total under and you get a special team score
defensive score. Uh, the overs always feel more palpable to me,

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even though I don't bet game overs very often, but
I will bet team total over more often than I
bet a game total over.

Speaker 1 (51:13):
Yeah, the unders they'll hit, don't get me wrong, But
more times than not, if it does hit, you're gonna
be sweating it right there.

Speaker 4 (51:24):
Like I mean, even though you talk about the Patriots
Dolphins game like that was one of those where like
you're if you're the Patriots team total, you're just sweating
the whole thing out. Is the Bears score again here? Yeah,
Doug Peterson's gonna he's gonna have to find his own
way home after this game. He ain't making it.

Speaker 1 (51:40):
Keenan Allen gets in the end zone and yeah, I
mean right, how crazy is this real fast, Jeff? Where
the Bears didn't get a first down in the first quarter,
then they scored two touchdowns in the second quarter, and
now they're off scoring another touchdown to begin the third quarter.
Like that, that's the NFL in a nutshell for you.

Speaker 4 (51:58):
Yeah, five for eight on third down.

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Speaker 3 (52:44):
All right.

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this game. Chargers road favorites favored by three at Denver.

(53:28):
And I know you're on this game, Jeff. When this
line came out, I was like, really, like, the Chargers
are favored by three on the road. I don't know
why the faith in the Chargers exactly. I don't know
why the complete lack of belief in the Broncos, whose
defense is played really well. Maybe you look closely at

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it and you say, well, okay, it was against the Steelers,
and then there was rain against the Jets, and it
was against the Raiders, and but I don't know. I
don't think you can completely dismiss what they've done thus
far defensively. So I'm surprised to see them be a
home dog in this one.

Speaker 4 (54:05):
Both their defenses are really good. Yeah, like I I yeah,
I think you you you have to do that's what
you've sort of a defensive game I would I would
take again, I would take the points right in a
defensive game. I think that that there it was, it

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will be. Bow Nicks has been more impressive lately. I
don't know if it's going to help against the Chargers defenses.
I think is really good and they played well so far.
They're both one and two by the way points allowed
on defense in the in the league. Sort of doing
some good things. But both teams want to play the
same game, right guys. They want to play run the ball,
control the clock, play action pass. That to me just

(54:50):
screams like give me the points of the dog, especially
in divisional digital matchup like this, crack, I love the Broncos.

Speaker 3 (54:58):
Here. Two different gamblings the kids, let me point that
out again, two different winning gambling syndicates on both sides
of the game. Here. When I was in Connecticut over
the summer back in July, I bet this game at
believe it or not. I bet this game at pick
them over the summer, bet the Chargers at pick them.

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And then this week that same person who loved who
actually gave me a lot of good look aheads, he
laid two and a half again on the Chargers this
week for a lot of money. And then the opposite happened.
One of the big gambling syndicates out here came in
and bet the Broncos plus three. So and it looks

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like it didn't really affect the market to too much
at the time. It did as soon as he bet
it and released it, it went back to two and
a half. But it looks like it's settling around three.
This might be surprising to someone like you guys said.
This is a matchup of the two top really defenses
so far this season, two of the top I should say,
but yeah, Jim Harball, that Chargers are they they're allowing

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a league best twelve and a half points per game,
so and the Broncos, I think our second on that.
Like with fourteen, I've seen it earlier, like fourteen points,
fourteen and a half points something like that per game.
So that's why this total it opened up thirty seven
and a half, still not low enough, down to thirty
five and a half. So this is a very interesting
game here, and Brian's right, it's amazing that there hasn't

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been well, both of you guys are like talking about
the dog here in this game, that the home Denver Broncos.
So it should be a good grinded out the Visional
Rival game for this late slate, So let's see what happens.

Speaker 1 (56:38):
Yeah, to me, this is this is an alarm, you know.
It's like it's danger.

Speaker 3 (56:44):
Danger.

Speaker 1 (56:45):
That's what it tells me, because I think this line
absolutely stinks. And every now and then you'll see a
game where you're like, what in the world are they thinking,
and you're like, oh, I get it, that's what they
were thinking, you know what I mean. So it could
be that. Something to keep in mind. A nice touchdown pass.
Gabe Davis caught this one. He didn't catch the one
earlier in the game, but on first and twenty, Trevor

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Lawrence finds Gabe Davis in the end zone. So Jacksonville
polls closer about to be twenty one to ten here
with about six minutes left in the third quarter. Something
to keep in mind with a low total, like you're
talking about here, crack, So this is Since twenty twenty,
there have been totals of thirty seven or less. The
record is thirty three, twelve and one to the under.

Speaker 3 (57:31):
Wow.

Speaker 1 (57:32):
So these low point totals, that's hitting at a seventy
three percent. Clip Jesus right, like so you see a
couple of these gross lines. That's not the only one.
It's what do we have here Vegas? Yeah, Pittsburgh in Vegas.
So we get a couple of these where, you know,
thirty seven points or less, the underhits way more often

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than not, seventy three percent. That's a high rate right there.

Speaker 4 (57:57):
Yeah, I like I like those. I mean, but this
with quarterback totals, right, like, the lower, the lower the
number that sign me up after right, Yeah, I again
in this game sort of The Vegas one, guys, is
just a play on Mike Tomlin as a road favorite.
He was atrocious. Yeah, the Raiders are not good, No,

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I mean they have no one playing today. They benched quarterback.
I don't like their coach. But are you telling me
this game is going to be anything other than like
twelve to ten like Steelers win. Like, of course, it's
it's what it's going to be. So I don't like it,
but I am on the Raiders just I just have

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to be. It's as gross as it comes, but I
feel like there's almost no other choice in this game.

Speaker 3 (58:47):
Speaking of which, so guys, I know we didn't get
that game yet, but I flew in ten pm less
and I had to go out of town for quick
twenty four hours. Flying in town, I was shocked at
all the Pittsburgh Steelers on the plane. I thought they
were doing the terrible towel dance on the plane. I mean,
I came from by the way, I came from Nowark,

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New Jersey, so I didn't come from Pittsburgh or anywhere
in Petsylvan. I didn't come from Philly. So to see that,
I was just like, wow, it really isn't all that
this is a home game, maybe for Pittsburgh, not well
not the Raiders.

Speaker 4 (59:22):
Would you fly out to Jersey to do your business Texas?

Speaker 3 (59:26):
I had to do taxes after extension.

Speaker 4 (59:27):
Of TAXASAX extension.

Speaker 3 (59:31):
But I do. But I was in a couple of
different sports books though you know, of course.

Speaker 4 (59:35):
Whoever when you show up like, oh, here's crack.

Speaker 3 (59:38):
To be to be blunt, I'm not allowed to bet
on the apps out there, so uh, you have to
but but they do take bets in person. For me,
I'm limited to a thousand bucks at one of the places.
And I can't believe Atlantic City is just what a disaster.
One of the sports books there two hundred and fifty
dollars and the guy, the manager behind, he's such an antique.

(59:59):
It's it's a nasty guy. It's just you shouldn't even
I wouldn't give the bumma mop job, to be honest
with you, he's just nasty. He shouldn't be there the
way he treats people. But I went to the counter
there and I two hundred and fifty dollars, So I
know this guy is an antique. He's just a nasty guy.
So I had to tell him. Listen, I just came
from the Bronx up on Arthur Revenue. There's an old
lady that runs the hot Dog car for thirty five years.

(01:00:22):
She books out of her bra more money than you
guys are taking, so she has she keeps the money
in the bra.

Speaker 1 (01:00:27):
So I got laid five hundred with her.

Speaker 3 (01:00:30):
Yeah, which I shold him. She takes She takes a
nickel at the hot dog cart. You guys would taking
two fifty.

Speaker 4 (01:00:34):
Yeah. The limiting on the sports books, it's rather it's
a fastating topic of my talking about buddy of mine
said he was limited to one hundred bucks in an
FCS game yesterday. F YSDT didn't go well yesterday but
FCS is good, good, good good. Uh sports a wager
on those numbers move fast, and when.

Speaker 3 (01:00:56):
They do, those lines come up. What Jeff's saying is
very true that lines come up. Don't forget now, most
of the sports they don't put them up till you know,
almost game time, three hours before two hours for the game.
So it's a unique line that Let's face it, there's
only one sports book that puts up a line and
everyone copies that. So it's not like people think, though

(01:01:16):
the Vegas line. I love when I see these interviews
on major marker TVs. Oh, what's the Vegas line? First
of all, the line's not even made in Vegas. I
mean literally, there's a place offshore, or believe it or not,
there is one place from England that's represented the United
States that also makes a line. So it's those two
places that's it. But so those unique FCS lines come up,

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and boy, I tell you they're very interesting if you
can get get a hold of them and grasp them.
The sports books hate them. I don't know why they
even book them then they just hate them.

Speaker 4 (01:01:45):
Yeah, Circle, the one that puts them up first in Vegas.

Speaker 3 (01:01:51):
I'm gonna say absolutely not listen. I'm friends with Derek Stevens,
the own.

Speaker 4 (01:01:54):
I don't know. I just always need to tweet them
out first.

Speaker 3 (01:01:57):
They know, they absolutely don't. Circa is a very safe
sports book. But to be fair, if I was on
that side of the counter, I would probably be pretty
safe from knowing that there's you know, different groups out
there and I'll take a bet. I want to know
what side the sharp guys are on. But yeah, they're there.
They'll take a lot day of the game. Like right now,

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you can go to the counter with almost anything. You
have two and a half and I'm talking about briefcase
full of money, and and and these sports books out
here in Vegas will take literally, you go out to
MGM or one of the big properties like that, you
put a million dollars on the counter, they're gonna take
the bet.

Speaker 1 (01:02:35):
By the way, what would side what would be your
satchel of choice there?

Speaker 3 (01:02:38):
Crack?

Speaker 1 (01:02:39):
Would you go a duffel bag There was duffel bag
boy for a little while. Would you go to case Yeah?

Speaker 3 (01:02:45):
Yeah, oh yeah, we had a duffle We had a
duffel bag boy out here for about a year and
a half, and he would come to the counter with
a Duffel bag and was reported in the media he
would dump out three hundred four hundred thousand dollars in
cash on the counter, and he was and he was
on a roll for a while. Now I think he's
in a homeless shelter, but it doesn't matter.

Speaker 1 (01:03:04):
But he was on a roll for a little roll
for a while. Yeah.

Speaker 4 (01:03:07):
I inspired to be that rich where I could just
I actually think I would. I don't think I would
ever spend that much money on the appetite of losing.
I thought this before, like the thought of losing money
makes me cringe more than like the happiness of winning money.
That makes sense and so but to like to just

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bring a Duffel bag.

Speaker 1 (01:03:31):
You know, but it starts.

Speaker 3 (01:03:32):
I would admit something I never told anyone. I always said,
if I ever I don't play a lottery, because the
lottery is such a bad bet less something's like you.

Speaker 4 (01:03:40):
Know, uh, you know, it's like a billion dollars.

Speaker 3 (01:03:43):
Yeah, billion dollar. Yeah, yeah, we don't need three hundred million,
I need half. I need a billion. So so, but yeah,
if I ever win something like that, my goal would
be to walk into the casinos like the craps tables
the blackjack table, dump the money out. I'm not I
don't want to want to lose. I don't care about
even losing or even win it. I mean, I just
like to see the floor people sweat. I like to

(01:04:05):
see the management sweat where you know, they puck her
up and they can't even like, oh my god, they
got to go on break and run to the bathroom
and change your underwear. I really really that's something that
would be a goal of mine to to make them
do that, just to let you know.

Speaker 1 (01:04:19):
I've been meaning to do this.

Speaker 3 (01:04:20):
Crack.

Speaker 1 (01:04:21):
It's a little bit like that. I'm gonna go to
like a blackjack table or something like that, and one
of the tables that has a limit where let's just
say the max bet is a thousand bucks. Sure, I'm
gonna on purpose put like five thousand dollars of chips
out there, and they're there the max and I'm gonna
be dressed nicely and I'm just gonna take my chips
and go oh and just walk off like I'm this

(01:04:44):
is so low limit for me, It's and then I'm
just gonna wish right, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:04:50):
I want to be there with you because I want
to know it's it's sick gamblers lost. Those gamblers have weird.

Speaker 4 (01:04:56):
If a billion dollars, you might never see me again?

Speaker 1 (01:04:59):
Yeah no, i' you know we wouldn't You just want
to be with Ryan though.

Speaker 3 (01:05:02):
I want to be with Prian because I want to
see the guy say you know what, Yeah, we'll take it,
Yeah ahead, yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:05:06):
No way, No, I don't want to do it.

Speaker 4 (01:05:08):
I don't want to do it. I would still work,
I think, but I would.

Speaker 3 (01:05:12):
It would be I'm working forever. This I'll be betting sports,
terrorizing book makers forever.

Speaker 1 (01:05:17):
You know who else will be working forever and we're
better off for it. Isaac Loewen Crime. If he wins
a billion bucks in the lottery tonight, he's showing up
for work the next we'll be here, right love, Is
that correct?

Speaker 6 (01:05:30):
I'm gone.

Speaker 3 (01:05:33):
Really?

Speaker 6 (01:05:35):
Actually, you know what, Thanks to technology these days, I
will be showing up for work, but on a nice
little island I have bought. Oh yes, well, Speaking of
adventures and overseas travel, let's take you to London, where
the Chicago Bears have a twenty one to ten lead
over the Jacksonville Jaguars with two forty four left in

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the third quarter. Bears quarterback Caleb Williams has completed nineteen
of twenty three for one hundred and eighty yards, three
touchdown passes, including this.

Speaker 3 (01:06:04):
One Snapp to Cale good protection middle of the field,
up in the air, over the middle for the touchdown.

Speaker 6 (01:06:12):
Touchdown Bears, and it's Keenan Allen.

Speaker 3 (01:06:16):
What through?

Speaker 1 (01:06:17):
What a catch?

Speaker 3 (01:06:18):
And the Bears extend their leader a twenty to three
over Jacksonville. How about that?

Speaker 6 (01:06:22):
Jeff Jodyach with the call on WMVP again, twenty one
to ten, the Bears leading the Jaguars with two ten
and counting remaining in the third quarter in London and
Chicago right now, thirsty for more, They've got a first
and ten at the Jacksonville thirty one. The actives and
in actives coming out for the early games. Packers receiver

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Christian Watson is active against the Arizona Cardinals, as is
Green Bay cornerback Jay Air. Alexander Baltimore Ravens, left tackle
Ronnie Stanley and cornerback Marlon Humphrey both active against the
Washington Commanders. Both had been listed as questionable NFL media reporting.
Joe Flacco, we'll start at quarterback today for the Indianapolis

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Colts Anthony Richardson, of course, dealing with that oblique injury,
is going to serve as the emergency number three quarterback. However,
Colt receiver Michael Pittman is active for their game at
Tennessee despite a back injury.

Speaker 1 (01:07:17):
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Speaker 2 (01:07:42):
Let's go rush, let's second chance score.

Speaker 3 (01:07:46):
This might be our last opportunity man, Okay, so crack.
We'll start with you.

Speaker 1 (01:07:50):
We're looking for a first touchdown scorer, and if it
doesn't hit, buddy scores second, we get our steak back
in cash. What do you have on your radar here today?

Speaker 3 (01:08:00):
Because of this particular bonus offer at bet MGM of
giving the stake back, you don't want to go. I
said this every week in the space. You don't want
to go with a real long shot. I looked at
I look that going with aj Brown, but seven to one,
I think I'll stick in the same game and go
with Barkley at three to one. And you know, if

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he doesn't score the first touchdown, maybe he gets the
second one. So you want to go with someone that's
more often likely to catch it. I mean, you know,
to sorry to make a touchdown. So there we go.

Speaker 4 (01:08:29):
There you go, sorry Josh Jacobs plus five hundred Packers
Cardinals today the Packers will get a run in here
and be able to get to get him in if
not first second Jacksonville. By the way, another third down
penalty gives Bears another first down. So what was.

Speaker 1 (01:08:49):
That like third and eight, Jeff? And it was like
a little dump off, you know, like a one yard
pass and they're going to get a first down out
of it. Crazy. Yeah, that's Jacksonville forty Okay, first touchdown score.
I'll go with. How about this Tampa receiver Mike Evans.
He's at ninety nine touchdown catches for his career. He
routinely has terrorized the Saints in his career. He's at

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plus six fifty and that sounds pretty long, but there
are only two running backs ahead of him in the odds.
It's just Alvin Kamara and Bucky Irving. Both running backs
have shorter odds, but Mike Evans next in line at
a little more than six to one. I'll take Mike
Evans to score the first touchdown in the game. I
like him to score, so hopefully it's the first or

(01:09:31):
the second. But I think he scores against the Saints.
He's routinely terrorized that team throughout the years. What a
career too. He's on the doorstep of his one hundredth reception.
By the way, how about how about the turnaround for
DeAndre Swift? Now I realize they're doing this against the
Jaguars defense, But the last couple of weeks, DeAndre Swift

(01:09:52):
has been a real player for the Bears, running it,
catching it. He could do nothing. The first couple of
weeks there was there were talks about benching him, like
taking a lot of his touches away. And now he's
he's made an impact. He's got seventy four yards rushing today. Yeah,
it's way better than how we started off.

Speaker 4 (01:10:13):
With there Jacksonville. Just mean, they just had two guys
running to each other. Swift bust through them. Yeah, Jacksonville
is not good. Oh, the Bears are good. Johnson must
be one one in five and not really playing good
football in a lot of games.

Speaker 3 (01:10:27):
They's just were only picked for eight and a half
season wins two though. I don't know if the DAK
Jackson Will might be making them look look like a
good team here on the.

Speaker 1 (01:10:35):
Yeah, I think that he Listen. I'm not saying the
Bears are world beaters, but their defense is so much
better than Jacksonville's. I mean it's not even close. Jacksonville's
got one of the worst defenses in football right now.
And yeah, I think you guys are right. I think
Doug Peterson is flying back to the States commercially. How

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do you justify keeping it going? It's a total train.

Speaker 4 (01:10:59):
No way you can, yeah, kid, yeah, you just can't.

Speaker 1 (01:11:03):
Real fast. How about a gross game, real quickly. Brown's
at the Eagles where Jeff you were on this earlier,
and I get it, you're getting over a touchdown. It's
been profitable this year, this season in the NFL, taking
these ugly dogs. I'd listen, there might not be an
uglier dog than Cleveland right now. The way they're playing

(01:11:23):
their offensive line is in shambles. They can't protect Deshaun Watson,
who's obviously an underperforming quarterback right now. But here's the
thing with the Eagles. When did the Eagles become good?
Like I realized they get aj Brown Devonte Smith back today.
That makes a big difference. But still this team, they're
three and eight ever since they started ten and one
last season, and they have not been covering Jalen Hurts

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typically doesn't cover spreads that are over seven points, So
it's not like Philly is a world beater right now.
I just wouldn't run to the betting window and say,
oh yeah, eight and a half, that sure, absolutely, I
don't know they he's not gonna cash. I just wouldn't
be so giddy to back the Eagles in this spot.
You guys, where do you come out on this crack Listen?

Speaker 3 (01:12:08):
I'm done with this brownstick. I am done. I have
lost more money on them. I'm probably down five figures
on different types of bets. I bet some future bets.
I was ready to actually come in here and like,
come on today and tear up the tickets in front
of you guys. You know that this this this team,
you know has has let me down as far as

(01:12:29):
a lot of things. Just here, I'm just sick of Watson.
I'm just you know, But listen, all the talk was
about the possibility of a quarterback change. So I mean,
he's looked so terrible. Fans are calling for Winston. So
the problem with that is the Browns see how much
money you invest in this guy. So they have really
no realistic way out of his huge contract until twenty twenty,

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so they're motivated to leave him out there. And you know,
but however, going back to the Eagles side, you know,
Eagles look looking to return to that domination which they've
shown in sports in the last two seasons. They get
some starters back to help Hurts. Looks like Brown and
Devontae Smith are both suiting up today and that should
help the Eagles passing attack. If anything. I may look

(01:13:12):
to the Eagles and a teaser teasing it down to
under the three. But but I yet, yet, I still
didn't do that, So there we go.

Speaker 1 (01:13:21):
Yeah, it's uh, hey man, it's a gross play, but
it might be the right play.

Speaker 3 (01:13:26):
Jeff.

Speaker 4 (01:13:26):
I by the way, I had the Browns plus nine
and a half. I just a good line, too big
and I get it. Like I'm I agree with everything
you guys have just said. It's a very gross play,
but I think it's a play that the Eagles are.
If we can just get a tiny bit better from Watson,
the Browns will be in this game. Right, Just a

(01:13:47):
little bit, a little bit better, a little bit better
from Watson, and they'll be in this game. But we
just can't get it.

Speaker 1 (01:13:51):
By the way, quick update, another Bears touchdown. A nice
pass by Caleb Williams to Keenan Allen. Keenan Allen in
the end zone again. Yeah, Bears about to go up
twenty eight to ten. Caleb Williams has looked a lot better.

Speaker 4 (01:14:05):
He looks great. Yeah, it looks really good. Yeah. Yeah,
look we might look at you Jacksonville's defense, but still
he looks good.

Speaker 1 (01:14:11):
That's right. A very nice touchdown throw there, though. Hey,
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Speaker 3 (01:15:29):
Drop it up plays.

Speaker 1 (01:15:32):
Ah yes, prop bets as the Bears are just opening
a can on Jacksonville. Here the ugly interception by Trevor Lawrence.
Looks like DJ More is just shy of the goal line.
You're probably gonna have to punch it in here, But
Bears are looking to go up thirty five to ten.
Good Inness, But let's stay focused on prop bets here.

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We'll start with you, Crack. What's something that you like today?

Speaker 3 (01:15:56):
All right, let's go back to the well here with
the Eagle game. I'm going to the Eagles. Browns over
receiving yards over sixty nine and a half today, fully healthy.
The Browns play lots of man coverage, which is actually
good for mister Brown. So uh, let's let's let's go
with the over, which again unbelievably this year playing some

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overs and being successful on them. So brown over receiving yards?

Speaker 1 (01:16:24):
Does it feel good, Crack to throw an over?

Speaker 3 (01:16:26):
Ben? I hate it, but I mean it's just you know,
I had to evolve, So there we go.

Speaker 4 (01:16:34):
Painful. My coffee is painful, sorry guys for those everyone's
had this.

Speaker 3 (01:16:39):
Yeah, this is like Vegas, Vegas. The Vegas flu is out.

Speaker 4 (01:16:43):
There, especially if I well, I wish the Vegas flew.

Speaker 3 (01:16:45):
Ben.

Speaker 4 (01:16:46):
I won more wagers the last last seven days. But
obviously that that can't happen. Think about Look, guys, think
about this thing is you have to do it long
term because they're gonna be weeks you just stink. But
if you, if you, if you smart with your bankroll
and you stick to what works, you're gonna have a
bad week and probably next week will be better. You

(01:17:06):
know that means it canna be great. It'll be better
if you're really bad at it. To keep wagering and
seven of your picks. Okay, Drake May's making his first
start in the NFL. This number actually went down a
yard as we were talking. I probably should have put
this in before an anecdote about bankroll. Under one four

(01:17:27):
point five passing yards first start, good Texans defense. The
pictures don't have anyon want to throw to either. I
think this is a tough matchup for Drake May, so
I'll go under one sixty four point five passing answer,
Drake May.

Speaker 1 (01:17:42):
Okay, I got my eye on tomorrow night again correlated
Like you'd like to say, crack, but I just think
it's gonna be hard for Josh Allen. I've got under
two oh seven and a half passing yards. Is not
a good matchup against the Jets. Defense that is tough.
This is a primetime spot. Coaches got fired. I don't

(01:18:05):
like Josh Allen's receivers. I don't like his weapons and
going up against it an aggressive Jets secondary, these corners,
I don't like it. So I've got under two oh
seven and a half for Josh Allen and not so
much a knee jerk play from last week. But only
completed nine passes last week.

Speaker 4 (01:18:24):
I know he was nine to thirty.

Speaker 1 (01:18:26):
That's insane to me. So I still think Josh Allen
is a great quarterback. I just don't think he has
great weapons to throw to. So getting over two seven
and a half against that Jets defense, that's not going
to be easy to do. I've got the under in
that one. Anything else you want to mention here?

Speaker 3 (01:18:42):
Crack wow. I mean I have a ton of props,
so I was gonna save one for later on. Let's
give out all right, Yeah, let's throw a second one
in here. Let's go Titanus. Let's go over to Ridley
over three and a half receptions. They talk about getting
in the ball much more this week, So there's a
second prop for you guys. I'll have more at the
end of the show. But they're two of my stronger ones.

(01:19:04):
There another over over three and a half receptions.

Speaker 1 (01:19:07):
Yeah, and what was the first one?

Speaker 3 (01:19:08):
Again?

Speaker 1 (01:19:09):
Crack for anybody who.

Speaker 3 (01:19:10):
Gave Brown over sixty nine and a half receiving yards.

Speaker 1 (01:19:13):
So that'll make our producer Bo Benson happy. You know,
likes the Eagles right there, so he's pulling for that
one to be correct.

Speaker 3 (01:19:19):
All right?

Speaker 1 (01:19:19):
Coming up next man, how is this defense gonna hold
up today against this squad?

Speaker 3 (01:19:26):
Ah?

Speaker 1 (01:19:26):
Yes, welcome in Week six baby, less than an hour
away from kickoff. In terms of the early games, we're
winding down. This game in London looks like another touchdown
dropped by Cape Davis. This has been a calamity for
the Jags. Good lord, as the Bears are up thirty
five to ten. How about this matchup? Looking forward to

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this one? Lions at the Cowboys. The Lions favored by
three on the road right now at bet MGM. The
question is with the Cowboys defense is bang up as
it is? You don't have Micah Parsons, you don't have
DeMarcus Lawrence. How do you slow down this Lions offense?

Speaker 3 (01:20:07):
Here?

Speaker 1 (01:20:08):
The last we saw them, they were at home just
opening a can against the Seahawks scoring over forty points.
They went for a forty burger. You think about this
Cowboys defense. They gave up thirty eight to the Ravens
at home. They gave up forty four to the Saints
at home, and that's when they were healthier. So that's

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you like the team the team total over with the Lions.
I get it, Jeff. That seems like a solid player list.

Speaker 4 (01:20:34):
So no DeMarcus Lawrence for the Cowboys. I think no
Parsons right, He's like, we won't know till an act
is probably, but I think it's no Deron bland is
activated off the p off the ir but it's not playing.
Am I writing all these? I think I'm running all
these so far? Yeah, so you alliance team off a

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bye who has not played their best football yet. The
player good Seattle, we agree on that, but you know
they're sort of due for a post buy sort of
like jump right in play against a who's gonna hit
Derek Goff in this game. If you don't hit Jared Goff,
you you don't affect the Lions offense. And so I
think that's a big part of this. The Steelers could

(01:21:16):
not take advantage of of the issues. They just dropped
another touchdown pass Jackson by another one. We did cold
reference earlier. We had a little Wayne reference with with
a Duffel back boy. We're so hip the crack these

(01:21:37):
are a performing artist I heard, so uh well, Duffel
back Boy is actually one of them. So nonetheless, I
I yeah, I think the Lions will score a lot today.
The question is whether or not the Cowboys will keep pace.
I lean Lions to just cover the spread. I think

(01:21:57):
they're better a whole field to me, in else doesn't
matter as much. I don't think it's that big of
a home field advantage for the Cowboys. Eventually, you have
to sort of pay missing too all pro defensive linemen,
and the Cowboys are missing those guys, Brian, so I'd square,
But I like the Waters to cover this game and
score a bunch of points.

Speaker 3 (01:22:16):
Yeah. Well, look, this is another good matchup for our
late slate. Cowboys went undefeated last year at home, but
I've lost their first two in Dallas this year. So
the Lion's coming off of bye week and the Cowboys
are still kind of beat up on defense, which is
the reasons why the Lions are favored by three on
the road here. The Cowboys pass rush has been hurt
by injuries with Parsons and Lawrence out, and timing just

(01:22:40):
isn't great for them either. Jared Goff who looked pretty
unbelievable last in his last outing, So we're expecting lots
of points here with the highest total of the week. Look,
the Cowboys had a great last season win. I'm sorry,
last second win, but I got to tell you now
that's a Pittsburgh looked really bad. Actually they shouldn't even

(01:23:01):
have been in the game. But I just don't think
the Cowboys are the team that they used to be.
They're gonna need more explosive offenses, work by Ceedee Lamb
and get it more involved. And I'm just not a
Cowboys fan. I have the Eagles to win the division,
but yet I see Washington's odds closing in on them.
I can get a better price now that I got
pre flopped the beginning of the season on the Eagles

(01:23:23):
to win the division, even though the Eagles are supposed
to win today easily and Washington supposedly is going to
lose easily. So I love these words easily in the NFL,
they just don't they don't yell from me. But all right,
well see what's gonnappen? A big game the late slate
looking good for some watchable games real fast.

Speaker 1 (01:23:42):
How do you think about this crack, Because when you
know a play is really public, you know, does your
sharp side go, oh god, do you start to kind
of like like you itch, like your neck starts you
gotta scratch your neck, like, oh gosh, this feels so
long to be so public. Or do you say, hey, man,

(01:24:02):
I don't care, it looks like the right side to
me and still play it.

Speaker 3 (01:24:06):
I want to be on Christian Sipole in east side.
I want to be on the sportsbooks side. I want
to be on the especially this year. I mean through there.
Even though they they may have taken a little bit off,
they may have given some money back to the public
starting out with that Giants game, the Giants in Washington
that Thursday night football. But through the first three weeks

(01:24:26):
of the season, these bookmakers have made more money than
they've ever seen in the NFL this year. So I
don't want to hear none of them crying. I'm not
getting my collection bucket out this year. Every year, once
a year, I'll get my collection bucket out. I have
a bookmaker's pension fund on the front of the bucket.
I'll go around after they cry a little bit on Twitter,
I'll go around to some of the you know sports

(01:24:47):
books the outside, trying to collect some money for them.
That's not happening this year, so well, we'll see what's happened.

Speaker 1 (01:24:54):
So it's either punt for you. You're either going to
be in the sharp side.

Speaker 3 (01:24:58):
You're you're, you're you were. You were asking a questionnaire
and I went off on a tangent. I can't help myself.
You're good, no, uh yeah, you know it's I'd rather
be on the sharp side, which which normally liigns with
the bookmaker. So the bookmaker's side is normally the way
the sharps go. And we're picking a lot of those

(01:25:18):
ugly teams. But I'll tell you right now, Jacksonville was
one of those teams today and that's only one play.
It's not a big deal.

Speaker 1 (01:25:25):
You know.

Speaker 3 (01:25:26):
I did bet them in a teaser because at the
time I was getting two and a half points teasing
them through the key numbers with three and seven by
game time, the closing line value that Jeff loves so much, Uh,
it went the other way and another losing closing line
value bet.

Speaker 4 (01:25:43):
So that's college football.

Speaker 3 (01:25:45):
College. I know it's college.

Speaker 4 (01:25:46):
I know it's college. It doesn't matter, it means nothing.

Speaker 3 (01:25:49):
That's one game. It's it's one game, all the college games.

Speaker 4 (01:25:53):
Every time I get the best closing college I just
lose the jackets. Fine, I mean it is what is
it's life?

Speaker 3 (01:26:00):
Yeah? This year Jeff's right though, This year the closing
line value on college football. You know that means you're
taking three and a half when the line closes at two.
That has not fared well for the sports betters this
year in college football. And that's what Jeff's talking about.

Speaker 2 (01:26:16):
Right.

Speaker 4 (01:26:16):
I had Illinois and minus nineteen. It got to minus
twenty three and a half.

Speaker 3 (01:26:20):
Jesus Right, they're.

Speaker 4 (01:26:21):
Up twenty seven to three and won by a point
in overtime. How do they like?

Speaker 3 (01:26:27):
The people do? People probably wouldn't even believe.

Speaker 4 (01:26:29):
That, what, like, Wow, we won fifty to forty nine
in overtime.

Speaker 3 (01:26:34):
We do well, you were rooting for him to lose outright.
If they can't cover, we want to lose outright?

Speaker 4 (01:26:38):
Well, we joked, we joked on our with our podcast
that made the wager that because we got such good value,
I made serius. We recorded Wednesday at one pm Eastern.
It jumped to twenty one by the time we almost
finished recording, so we got the number in like right away,
and then we joked about how it's going to lose outright,

(01:26:58):
like they're going right. We got the numbers. They lost
by one, and now we got to go to Purdue
and play the Boilerbackers on a Friday night.

Speaker 1 (01:27:06):
Good wow. Let me throw another game at you. How
about the Arizona Cardinals at the Packers today? Packers favored
by five and a half. Looked like there might be
some weather potentially in this game. Eighty three percent chance
of rain. It doesn't seem like it will be a
big factor, but something to keep in mind. How about
this one, crack. What do you see in Cards who

(01:27:29):
just shut out the Niners in the second half last week?
Nice road win, but a two and three football team
and they're getting five and a half at green Bay.
It seems like a good get right spot for Green
Bay's offense. I'll say that much.

Speaker 3 (01:27:43):
Arizona knocking Bill Krackenberger out of our survivor pool here
in Vegas had one entry left which has worked about
fifty grand I had San fran just to win the game,
could not find a kicker from the stands or anything,
And yeah, I lost that game last week. So but however,
I have green Bay under on a future. I was
down in Miami and I couldn't believe that the sportsbook

(01:28:06):
in May in Miami and the hard Rock had their
had like futures up on. I really got the best
of so many season wins. I'm definitely gonna beat them
in the end, but one of them was green Bay
under ten and a half. That looked pretty good for
a while there, especially when Love went down. Not so
good now actually it's nine and a halfs I'm still
a favorite to win that, but it should be another

(01:28:27):
good game today with two of the young rising star
quarterbacks going head to head. Green Bay's offenses, you know,
one of the tops in the league with the healthy
Jordan Love and let's say the Cardinals Murray looks one
hundred percent two back and forth. So Murray coming off
probably the biggest upset win a win on the road,
and maybe even their biggest upset win versus San Franz.

(01:28:48):
Love coming off a road win too. They beat the
Rams in La last week. I'm a little surprised with
the total dropping from forty nine and a half down
to forty seven. Both of these teams have shown they
could put up a lot of points when they're healthy,
So the Cardinal's not They've not been getting like like
they just haven't been great getting to the quarterback and
creating pressure. But it would be interesting to see what

(01:29:11):
happens today with the healthy Jordan Love and if you
have some time to throw. That's why they're probably that
much of a favorite. And but anything can happen now.
This Arizona team just like went into You know, they
say there's power rankings on NFL teams every year. I mean,
I'm sorry, every week they change who's the best team.
Obviously Kansas City now is a standout. But before that, though,
throughout the season, in me and my partner's power rank,

(01:29:34):
we've had Buffalo, we have had literally San France a
couple of times. Listen, they have dropped down to like
third and fourth. You know, you just don't know who
the best team is this year. The parody in the league.
So I wouldn't be surprised to see anything happen in
this game. So let's it should be a good game
though actually probably not even the probably not even the
game that really should be lying that high because of Arizona.

(01:29:58):
But you know, because Arizona went in the Sam Frandom one.
But maybe like if they had a kicker, they wouldn't
have won the game. They would have just kept it
close like they did week one versus Buffalo. So let's
see what happens.

Speaker 1 (01:30:07):
Interesting, you know, Jeff, you could speak to this too
as a former offensive lineman. Where think of these four
teams that we just were talking about, Arizona, Green Bay,
Arizona has had success running it with James Connor, Packers
with Josh Jacobs, and the previous game Lions at the Cowboys. Lions,
we all know about their running game. They're won few punches,

(01:30:28):
probably the best in the league. The Cowboys can't run
the football and that hurts your offense so much. Imagine
if they had more balance, how deadly they would be.
They just don't have balance right now.

Speaker 4 (01:30:39):
It really the balance part of it is important because
you just you want the defense to basically what I
call it, have eye violations right where you know, they
have to look at something and then something else happens, right,
And you can't do that if you're one dimensional, because
if you show something and then you do something else,

(01:31:00):
they're not going to be fooled, right, Like they have
to think something's gonna happen, not just play actual bass, right,
but just in general. Like if you think, okay, they
might run the ball here, the eyes of the secondary
go to the run first, and that's the way defense
plays by way, they go run first out to pass right.
So what you can threaten the run, it's not about
rushing for eight yards to carry. It's the threat of

(01:31:22):
the run because defenses play inside out right, play inside out,
and so not being able to do that means that
the eyeballs in the secondary and linebacker immediately go to
the wide receivers and not inside, and that just changes
the dynamic of what you're playing against if you're one dimensional.
And so yeah, the Cowboys they have to try to

(01:31:46):
find more balance. But remember the new offensive linemen and
don't have dynamic running backs, and that's sort of the
part that they're missing right now.

Speaker 1 (01:31:53):
Yeah, we always talk about that. It's a devalued position.
Imagine if the Cowboys had one of the the top
running backs I bet. They just don't have that with
doubt ol and Ezekiel Elliott that it makes a big difference.
There's no doubt about that.

Speaker 3 (01:32:07):
All Right.

Speaker 1 (01:32:07):
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bet lou Okay, Let's look at primetime tonight, Bengals at
the Giants. Bengals favored by three and a half on
the road, even though they're.

Speaker 3 (01:33:09):
One in four.

Speaker 1 (01:33:10):
What a meltdown last week? Man, Jeff, you and I
were both on the Bengals. They get a fumble in overtime, Well,
look back up, they're by ten late. Somehow it gets
to overtime. They don't win the coin toss, but they
force a fumble. They run it three straight times and
settle for a fifty three yard attempt That was no good.
They lose the game, just a calamity. Their defense has

(01:33:35):
been a wreck. Do you trust them? Well, I know
you don't trust them, But do you lean toward laying
the three and a half on the road, Jeff.

Speaker 4 (01:33:45):
I would? I would take the Giants in this one?

Speaker 3 (01:33:47):
You will?

Speaker 4 (01:33:47):
I think that's yeah. I the Bengals defense is not good.
I don't think the Giants are terribly good. But excuse me,
theref cough will get you, guys. I don't think that
the Giants are particularly good, but the Bengals defense is
really bad. It is really bad. And I think that

(01:34:10):
the Giants can do enough with the players they have,
even without my Milie neighbors to keep this game close.
And you know some of the Bengals coaching like at
the end of games too that I don't trust their coaching.
They've shown time and time again even in that game
bro with thirty of thirty nine for nearly four hundred
yards and you ran the ball three times take the
long field goal. I mean, I just don't trust their coaching.
And everyone's gonna be the Bengals tonight too, which I

(01:34:31):
don't you know, on the other side, that's always great.
So that's I lean toward Giants here crack Yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:34:39):
No.

Speaker 3 (01:34:39):
Earlier when we had Christian and I was surprised at
what he was saying there, like that's one of this
is one of the teams he needs as one of
the biggest right now, one of the biggest lopsided betting
games of the day with bet MGM everyone taking Cincinnati
in this game. So it kind of surprised me when
he said that. We've had some really good, exciting primetime

(01:35:02):
games in the NFL this year. You know, even though
the game was an ugly game with Dallas and Pittsburgh
literally had a chance to win the game. I mean,
they're be a fourth and goal at the four yard line.
They could have won the game, they were the wrong side.
But anyway, so since he's won in four and yet
another so called must win game for them, the Giant's

(01:35:24):
been playing well. Like I said, the last four weeks.
As I said earlier on the show, I'm surprised the
public money is coming in on the Bengals side being
a three and a half point favorite on the road.
But the Giants are without these players that are key.
I understand running back Singletary, rookie wide receiver, Neighbors, and
that is the big you know, that's the big factor
in this game. I understand. But as of right now, well,

(01:35:48):
I'll tell you I would lean with Jeff. I want
to be on the bookmaker's side. I did not bet
the Giants, but if a four pops up there, who
knows if there's a lot of money coming in on
Cincinnati and may be forced to just have a little
side on just based on the money coming in on Cincinnati.

Speaker 1 (01:36:08):
Well that's the thing too, is let me blend this
game with the game that you were mentioning last week, Cracks.
So you think about Bengals Giants, A lot of this
game could come down to how do you do you
score touchdowns in the red zone, right or are you
settling for field goals that could determine the game, that
could determine the spread as well. You mentioned the Steelers

(01:36:31):
game hosting the Cowboys last week. The Cowboys out gained
the Steelers four forty five to twenty six. Jesus, they
almost doubled them in yards. Yeah, like you said, crack,
it's fourth and goal and the Cowboys need a touchdown
in the final seconds to barely pull that game out
when they nearly double them up in yardage. So keep

(01:36:53):
that in mind. Yeah, keep that in mind with the
Bengals and the Giants. The Giants in the red zone
with their defensive life, they don't have Kvon Thibodeau and
that hurts them. But with that defensive line, you're not
able to just run the ball down their throat and
gain easy yards when it's condensed like that. So it's
something to keep in mind in a spot like this.
It is yeah, yeah, this is this is a primetime game.

(01:37:17):
You know, I wonder when the scheduler makes these games.
Sometimes I guess you have to give a fair share
to most of the teams. I understand, and uh, you
know at the time, I wonder if you think that
since he and the Giants, because since he was playing,
you know, they had over under the eight and a
half over the Giants had like six and a half flat.
So I guess you give the New York audience because

(01:37:40):
they know they have a the Giants has a big
fan base, believing in an old school fan base, still
remembering the Lawrence Taylor phil Simms years. So I guess
they give them a little play here again on primetime.
This has happened a couple times. But you would think,
I don't have the pre flop, which that means is
the look aheadline on this game in front of me.
I would think it was more like double what it

(01:38:02):
is now.

Speaker 3 (01:38:02):
But yet yeah, yet tonight's game, you know, even though
it went down that low, it's a three and a
half hair. I'm just looking. Let me see the current
MGM line here, because it's just sometimes it always amazes
me too that the sports books, Yeah, there's just a
solid three and a half forty six they're in line
with even though they need even though they're looking for

(01:38:25):
Giants money, you would think by game time maybe MGM
would go minus three and a half minus twenty. There
is a four out. There is a four down town
here in Vegas. I may go try to steal that
number on the Giants, But there is some three and
a half dog with the dog getting you know, three
and a half minus three half minus fifteen's you would

(01:38:46):
think by game time if that's the case, though, you
would think the sports book would move the line to
get balanced action. No. I just think sometimes the sports
books want a side. They want to remain in line
with the rest of the sportsbooks, and they want to side.
So sportsbooks may want the Giants tonight.

Speaker 1 (01:39:04):
Yeah. How about the other primetime game here, Bills at
the Jets. The Jets a small favorite, sorry, the Bills
a small favorite on the road. Jets are the home
dog in this one, and of course, the main news
throughout the week Robert Sala, former head coach of the Jets.
He's fired. H There's been a change in offensive play

(01:39:24):
callers that Thaniel Hackett is still the offensive coordinator, but
Todd Downing he'll be calling the plays and we'll see
if the offense looks any different here. I think that
is a rough spot for the Bills offense. I just
their wide receivers are not gonna threaten the Jets very
much here. I think it's gonna be tough for Josh Allen.
They're gonna have to move it with the ground game,

(01:39:46):
and Josh Allen's obviously a big part of that. But
I don't think he's gonna throw for a whole lot
against this Jets defense.

Speaker 4 (01:39:52):
I want to bring up the Jets offense quickly because
I know they made that change with Nate Hackett. But
it's worth point out here that when this is a
tweet from Ted Winn, who works for the athletic he's
really good with a lot of Yeah, he's really good,
he said when Mike McCarthy was fired during the twenty
eighteen season with Packers, right, he was there with with

(01:40:15):
Aaron Rodgers, the Packers devolved into a static, pass heavy offense,
relying on Rogers' ability to play outside of structure. It
was a blow average offense that ranked eighteenth oft points
per drive. So let's look at now compared to the Jets.
Twenty eighteen Packers in run rate were thirty second. Okay,
the twenty fourteen Yeah, the twenty twenty four Jets are
thirtieth okay, amount of times they use motion in Green

(01:40:37):
Bay in that year twenty eighteen, twenty sixth Jets, twenty
eighth play action rate nineteen for that Packers team, twenty
two for the Jets. It's devolving into an Aaron Rodgers offense,
which is never good. So I'm not sure it matters
who the play caller is. It's Aaron Rodgers problem. Now
to your point about the Bills, is this a wager, Brian,

(01:41:00):
because the Bills are so beat up on that offense, man,
they have no one to throw the ball to. I mean,
it's Josh Allen. It was bad, and it wasn't his
fault last weekend, but nine for thirty with like one
hundred and thirty yards that think, on the top of
my head, he doesn't want to throw to. You know,
Benjamin's still a rookie. Shakire's beat up right now. Kin
Kate has not been ascou as I thought he'd be
in the NFL at least right now in the moment,

(01:41:20):
it just seems like it's it's hard to get yards
for him right now.

Speaker 1 (01:41:25):
Yeah, No, it is, absolutely it is. And listen, losing
Stefan Diggs is a big deal in today's NFL. You
look around the league. Look at what Burrow has in Jamar,
Chase T. Higgins, Yosi Vash like you got weapons. And
what Josh Allen has right now no Stefan Diggs, minus
Khalil Shakir. He doesn't have a whole lot to work with,

(01:41:46):
and so that's gonna reflect on his numbers. Josh Allen
should not be completing nine of thirty passes. That should
not happen, and I think that's more a reflection on
the wide receiving course on him.

Speaker 3 (01:41:58):
The new coach of the New York Jets, Aaron Rodgers,
I mean, Jeff Albright. On a serious note, I wonder
what it's like in the locker room, in the sidelines.
Is it like Lebron running the Lakers? Is that the
way it is for Rogers? Two over there, both of
these teams looking to break a two game losing streak,
Jets with this new coach caller, Like I said, will

(01:42:21):
that make Aaron Rodgers happy? Because he hasn't looked too
happy on the sidelines, But he shouldn't be. You know,
don't be happy for yourself. I mean, he's not playing
so great, but I do expect the Jets to take
a lot more chances downfield about how differently they will
actually look. Who knows the Bills, Like you said, they
started off three and other season they've dropped the last
two have some injury concerns on offense. Cook and Shakira

(01:42:45):
both questionable for the Monday night game. I have the
Jets and a teaser leg personally going through the key
numbers of three and seven back to back New York
teams on prime time. Here, we'll see what happens.

Speaker 1 (01:42:57):
Yeah, how about that? Yeah, no doubt about that. Going
from back to back prime time to the definition of primetime.
That would be Isaac lowenkron huh, always wearing the coach
prime sunglasses. Well, doing these updates right now, he's got
the lead. It's what's going on?

Speaker 3 (01:43:14):
I low.

Speaker 6 (01:43:19):
Hang on, guys, I have to take the sunglasses off.
Oh okay, because of the luster from my own aura
getting in my eyes. Actually, no, come to think of it,
I have to put the glasses back on. All right,
tongue firmly. In chic We will tell you that it
is all over over there in London. The Chicago Bears

(01:43:39):
have just to beat to the Jacksonville Jaguars thirty five
to sixteen. Caleb Williams twenty three of twenty nine for
two twenty six four touchdown passes, including this one.

Speaker 3 (01:43:49):
Swept the back takes a snap three steps throwing low
lt Coder the end zone. Keenan Allen touchdown touchdown Bears
two touchdowns could comet two touchdowns for Keenan Allen had
a four pack for number eighteen.

Speaker 1 (01:44:05):
Caleb Williams on the international stage.

Speaker 6 (01:44:08):
Here in London, Jeff Jodiac the call on WMVP the
Bears at four and two. It's their first three game
winning streak in four years. They will go sailing into
their bye week Jacksonville at one in five.

Speaker 4 (01:44:22):
Get this.

Speaker 6 (01:44:23):
They have to stay in London to face the Patriots
next week. Joe Flacca will start at quarterback for the
Indianapolis Colts today at Tennessee. Anthony Richardson has an oblique injury.
He's going to serve as the emergency number three quarterback.
Colt receiver Michael Pittman is active despite a back injury. Packers'
receiver Christian Watson is active against Arizona, as is cornerback

(01:44:45):
JayR Alexander Baltimore. Ravens left tackle Ronnie Stanley and cornerback
Marlon Humphrey, both active against Washington. Both had been listed
as questionable. Finally, fellows the Eagles hosting the Browns today
and a short time ago in the parking lot outside
of Lincoln Financial Field, two Eagles fans got married.

Speaker 3 (01:45:06):
Oh wow.

Speaker 6 (01:45:07):
Yeah, And while you know most weddings have a flower girl,
this ceremony featured a gentleman who I will describe as
a flower dude.

Speaker 1 (01:45:17):
Flower dude.

Speaker 6 (01:45:18):
He was sprinkling green and white flower petals while wearing
an AJ Brown jersey and a football helmet fitted with
a double beer can dispenser. Let's hear from the groom
moments after the vows Ah Viva la romos. That audio

(01:45:46):
courtesy of at Matt Underscore Talbot ninety nine. Congratulations to
the happy couple from all of us at Fox Sports Radio.

Speaker 1 (01:45:55):
Back to you guys, How beautiful is that? Wiping tears
from my eyes right now?

Speaker 3 (01:46:00):
Awesome?

Speaker 1 (01:46:01):
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(01:46:21):
you mentioned in passing the Bill Parcells quote the famous
quote you are what your record says you are, and
that's true to this point, but it can change going forward.
So I wanted to throw out just a couple of
teams that have surprising records, two that are good to
that are bad. And I just want to want you
to just answer the question both you guys, do you

(01:46:45):
see things changing?

Speaker 4 (01:46:46):
Right?

Speaker 1 (01:46:47):
Like? Okay, so let's take the Vikings. They're five and zero.
Do you believe in them to stay relatively hot or
do you see things changing in a big way going forward?

Speaker 4 (01:46:58):
I do know. I think it's very just stateum model
they have right, the Shanahan offense, a smart quarterback, playmakers everywhere. Now,
Jones being hurt. I don't know if that really changes
sort of where they might be. But a good offensive line,
a talented defense, I think that's here to stay.

Speaker 3 (01:47:14):
Okay, you crack you with them, Yeah, you know, I'm
gonna I'm just looking at the season wins for the
Vikings now because you know it, it is just every
single week, which I love. Bet MGM adjust the season wins.
After every week is up on Monday, they go in
there and they put the season wins for every single team.
I was just seeing what it was. Normally my brain

(01:47:36):
would say, well, it's gonna be everyone seeing five and
oh and they seeing the good record, and then they
would go under automatically. But I'll tell you I was
high on this team to be in the beginning of
the year. I bet him to make the playoffs plus
three oh one. I bet their season wins over six
and a half. Obviously both of them should happen here.
So I'm a believer, great coach, solid defense, so they

(01:47:59):
are championship caliber. I don't know about championship, but they're
a solid playoff team all around. So yeah, I do
believe in the Vikings.

Speaker 1 (01:48:07):
I'm with you, guys, real defense. Don't love Sam Darnold,
but you just got to be in the mix in
the NFC, and I think they are. Let's take a
bad record right now, Bengals one in four. Think can
you see things getting on track for this team where
they sneak into the playoffs and just get into the dance.
Can you see that happening?

Speaker 3 (01:48:26):
Jeff?

Speaker 1 (01:48:27):
Uh No, Right, it's a loaded conference.

Speaker 4 (01:48:32):
Sure, INFC. It feels unlikely in THEFC.

Speaker 1 (01:48:35):
It's rough with that defense, right crack?

Speaker 3 (01:48:37):
Yeah, you know, obviously I would think they're better than
their record indicates that they lost a couple of close
games to good teams. But they are now danger the
real danger zone here. They really can't afford many more losses.
So if they want to play a playoff hopes. But
you know, this is a big This is probably a

(01:48:58):
must win not again, another must win game for them.
If they go to one and five, they're done. Put
a fore come.

Speaker 1 (01:49:03):
Yeah, it's tough when you have all these should have spots.
They should have beaten the Ravens last week, absolutely, you
should have. They should have beaten the Chiefs. What was it, Jeff,
Like fourth and sixteen and there's a defensive passador of Fearens.
Call it you're one and four, you're one and four?

Speaker 4 (01:49:18):
It I mean, you know, as someone who frequent social media,
those Bengals fans man exactly. They've won multiple Super Bowls.
I mean, I just you just hate to see it
how they respond to all these losses, you know.

Speaker 1 (01:49:29):
Yeah, how about the Commanders four and one. They're in
the mix in the NFC right now. Their defense is terrible.
Can you see them? Put it this way, do you
think that they stay relatively the same they're one of
the better teams, or do you think that they turn
into a toad over here?

Speaker 4 (01:49:49):
Jeff, I would lean toward coming back to the middle. Kay, yeah,
I would leave coming back to the middle.

Speaker 1 (01:49:57):
Defensive thing. Just don't trust their defense.

Speaker 4 (01:49:59):
Yeah, just young orkie quarterback to you know, schedule has
not been tough. Now it probably won't be in me.
But you haven't played Eagles or Giants. I mean Eagles
are excuse me, cowboys. Yet. We'll see how today goes,
I mean to go a long way right. He'll tell
us everything, whether or not they're legitimate for you know,

(01:50:20):
either a playoff birth or something a little bit more
than that.

Speaker 3 (01:50:22):
Guys, we will find out today. But this Commander team
is real or not? I mean not. They're playing a
great team. I shouldn't say if they're real or not.
But if they can come out of Baltimore with a win,
that's it. We have to all take them serious as
a contender. This year now. Don't forget, I don't have
the record in front of me. Early in the season,
they didn't look like anything special. I think they just

(01:50:42):
got by the Giants.

Speaker 4 (01:50:43):
I'm trying.

Speaker 3 (01:50:43):
I'm just trying to think they didn't. They lost to
someone earlier. I was like, wow that Tampa. Tampa was right, Tampa, Like,
I don't know that. Did they just gel and come
together here? So we're gonna see that Daniels as special though.

Speaker 1 (01:50:57):
Yeah, they're kind of like they're the opposite of the Bengals. Really,
they had a couple of spots that they could have
lost and they ended up winning those games. And yes,
it's now balled in a good way. Last one here Philadelphia.
They're two and two right now, just a middling team.
They've been three and eight since they started ten and

(01:51:18):
one last season. Right, do you see them turning things
around and being one of the major players in the NFC, Jeff,
I do.

Speaker 4 (01:51:27):
I think they're just too talented to not. Guys, if
they're not, the coach will be fired. I mean it's
pretty simple, right, I think that sounds a headline the
Sierny shaved his head like in preparation for today. It's
that by way, it's that goofy stuff that makes us
think he's not a good football coach.

Speaker 5 (01:51:43):
Right.

Speaker 3 (01:51:44):
Wow, yeah, that's scary. How do you fire our Italian
coach in South Philly? I've got to be careful over there,
Eagles organizations. Let's see this Eagles offense though, with all
their weapons, before you make a judgment on today. Let's
see they're supposed to have. Like I said, a Brown
DeVante Smith back today and uh, you know, this is
a this is a game where nothing would surprised me.

(01:52:06):
Again though, this is the NFL. I mean, uh, Jeff
with the nine and a half points wouldn't surprise me.
But it wouldn't surprise me if.

Speaker 4 (01:52:12):
This Cleveland got the best number. Crack, no chance, I cover,
just no chance. Talk that one up to an l.
It's okay, I mean, what are you gonna do? All
you can do?

Speaker 3 (01:52:24):
Be confident, though, be confident.

Speaker 4 (01:52:26):
Who was confident in their wagering after last night? I
said last night was who it was? Yikes? It was bad?

Speaker 3 (01:52:34):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:52:35):
Uh you know to your point, though, Crack, it is
the NFL. Any given Sunday all that good stuff, anything
can happen. Can you imagine if the Browns somehow beat
the Eagles today. What the fallout would be for.

Speaker 4 (01:52:47):
Nick Kellen Moore, I knew head coach.

Speaker 1 (01:52:52):
Yeah, because we're talking about Doug Peterson. I don't know
that the coaches another game for Jacksonville, but if something
similar happens with Sirianni to day, I'm not calling my shot.
I'm just saying crazier things have happened, So keep your
eye on that one.

Speaker 3 (01:53:06):
All right.

Speaker 1 (01:53:06):
We've got Jeff Schwartz, eight year NFL veteran Bill Krackenberger
from crackwings dot com sports handicapper. I'm Brian No coming
up next, the Moment of Truth picks Galore. We got
the crack challenge now, Jeff. We got to have a
positive mindset.

Speaker 3 (01:53:20):
I think that Jeff is signing.

Speaker 1 (01:53:22):
Yeah, I think cracks onto something. We gotta believe. That's
been our problem. We've been too like I don't know,
I'm looking at that.

Speaker 4 (01:53:29):
What are we?

Speaker 1 (01:53:30):
Oh boy, last week was just a I mean we've had.

Speaker 4 (01:53:39):
Four weeks.

Speaker 3 (01:53:40):
I know what.

Speaker 1 (01:53:42):
You're close to five hundred me. Five hundred is getting
further away from me. Not good. We got to get
to at least there, so we'll try to turn things
around here Crack will have his best play of the day.
We'll go rapid Fire as well with another selection apiece.
So Chalk's full of plays here for you. So that's
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some picks to make let's dive in five five five
games against the spread. We call it the crack Challenge. Okay, Jeff,

(01:55:11):
we sucked the last week. It is time to turn
things around.

Speaker 3 (01:55:14):
What do you like today?

Speaker 4 (01:55:16):
All right? Let me do Browns plus eight and a half. Okay,
Ravens minus seven.

Speaker 1 (01:55:28):
Oh yikes, you're sticking with it? Okay, Well, I.

Speaker 4 (01:55:31):
Mean it's seven now, but I mean what it's just
the problem is these other numbers are so bad. Broncos
plus three, the Lions minus three, yeah, oh boy, the
one game I actually really like, but I'm like too afraid,
like I'm gonna do it because why not? I mean,

(01:55:52):
I don't want to talk to your other games. I
like the Bucks minus three and a half against Spencer Rattler. Okay,
I just I don't like the saint of this game.
I'm prob gonna be wrong. The Thints are gonna win
out right, But give me Bucks minus three.

Speaker 3 (01:56:03):
And a half.

Speaker 1 (01:56:04):
That's five, Okay, all right, all these I'm going Jets
plus two tomorrow night. Give me the Packers minus five
and a half. I think that's a get right spot
for their offense. I'm going head tohead with you Jeff,
I think this number just absolutely stinks. To the high heavens,
I'll go Chargers minus three. I saw that line. I'm like,

(01:56:25):
what so I'll take it every now that need just
have to roll with it. I'm giving I'm going with
I'm going with the rook here. I'm going with Drake
May and the offense to have a bull given the
Patriots plus six and a half, Yeah yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:56:39):
CJ.

Speaker 1 (01:56:39):
Stroud hasn't had a lot of success covering big numbers
like this, and now I'm gonna go to tonight. Man,
I might hate myself in a primetime spot, but give
me the Bengals minus three and a half, no moleak, neighbors.
I think it's gonna be hard for the Giants to
match points even though the Bengals defense sucks three and
a half on the road. There you go, Al, let's
dive into.

Speaker 4 (01:56:59):
The rapid fire.

Speaker 1 (01:57:04):
Okay, on selection from each of us, crack, what do
you like tonight, buddy?

Speaker 3 (01:57:08):
Give me New England Patriots plus the seven points plus
seven minus twenty that's fine. Versus Houston. I don't think
this Houston team is lived up to their pre flop.
Pre game the beginning of the season highlights that they
were supposed to be. So give me the seven points.

Speaker 1 (01:57:24):
Okay, all right, anything else you like.

Speaker 4 (01:57:29):
I'm going to basically put it in everything I'm gonna
you today, don't no, I mean after the Jacksonville game.

Speaker 3 (01:57:36):
I don't know.

Speaker 4 (01:57:36):
I might have to set this one out. The rest
of that.

Speaker 3 (01:57:38):
I don't know.

Speaker 4 (01:57:38):
It's not looking good right now for your boy. A
lot of l's lately, a lot of els.

Speaker 3 (01:57:43):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:57:44):
Look, man, it's I hate that it's so square, but
I just I have to. I'm going with Washington. Their
team total over twenty two and a half. Yeah, they've
been putting up points left and right. This Ravens defense
has not been good. I'll bet on them to get
to twenty three. Let's get to the Yes, this is.

Speaker 2 (01:58:03):
The best player of the day.

Speaker 1 (01:58:05):
A touchdown man, all right, crack, what do you like?

Speaker 6 (01:58:08):
Man?

Speaker 3 (01:58:09):
I'm gonna go back to the same game, same guy,
Calvin Ridley Tennessee Titans over three and a half receptions,
only I'm gonna also play over his yards, so over
forty three and a half yards, So there's two different plays.
I'm the same guy. I really like him today on
the over it's a big play of mine.

Speaker 1 (01:58:27):
Okay, nice, like it all over, Ridley. We'll see if
the Titans can get in the win column.

Speaker 5 (01:58:33):
You know.

Speaker 1 (01:58:33):
We'll see if that happens as well. Everybody enjoy Week six.
We'll catch it soon. Have a good one.

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